How would one play a YouTube video on Apple tvOS?
YouTube's embed feature works in iOS 9 as the OS has a UIWebView we can embed it into.
The new tvOS does not include a UIWebView so I cannot see a way to embed the YouTube video.
UIWebView and MPMoviePlayerController are not available for tvOS. Our next option is to use AVPlayer to play YouTube videos.
AVPlayer cannot play a YouTube video from a standard YouTube URL, ie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE. It needs a direct URL to the video file. Using HCYoutubeParser we can accomplish exactly that. Once we have the URL we need, we can play it with our AVPlayer like so:
NSString *youTubeString = #"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE";
NSDictionary *videos = [HCYoutubeParser h264videosWithYoutubeURL:[NSURL URLWithString:youTubeString]];
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", [videos objectForKey:#"medium"]];
AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
AVPlayerItem *avPlayerItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc]initWithAsset:asset];
AVPlayer *videoPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:avPlayerItem];
AVPlayerLayer *avPlayerLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:videoPlayer];
avPlayerLayer.frame = playerView.layer.bounds;
[playerView.layer addSublayer:avPlayerLayer];
[videoPlayer play];
Note that this is NOT allowed under YouTube's TOS. Use it at your own risk. Your app may stop working at any point if YouTube notices you are not following the TOS or if YouTube changes the embed code it generates.
Swift 2.0 version of Daniel Storm's answer:
let youTubeString : String = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE"
let videos : NSDictionary = HCYoutubeParser.h264videosWithYoutubeURL(NSURL(string: youTubeString))
let urlString : String = videos["medium"] as! String
let asset = AVAsset(URL: NSURL(string: urlString)!)
let avPlayerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset:asset)
let avPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: avPlayerItem)
let avPlayerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: avPlayer)
avPlayerLayer.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.width, self.view.frame.height);
self.view.layer.addSublayer(avPlayerLayer)
avPlayer.play()
XCDYouTubeKit has been a popular way to directly play a YouTube video on iOS for a while, and the developer recently updated it to support the new AppleTV.
Here's the code from the Objective-C example:
AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController = [AVPlayerViewController new];
[self presentViewController:playerViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
__weak AVPlayerViewController *weakPlayerViewController = playerViewController;
[[XCDYouTubeClient defaultClient] getVideoWithIdentifier:playlistItem.snippet.resourceId.videoId completionHandler:^(XCDYouTubeVideo * _Nullable video, NSError * _Nullable error) {
if (video)
{
NSDictionary *streamURLs = video.streamURLs;
NSURL *streamURL = streamURLs[XCDYouTubeVideoQualityHTTPLiveStreaming] ?: streamURLs[#(XCDYouTubeVideoQualityHD720)] ?: streamURLs[#(XCDYouTubeVideoQualityMedium360)] ?: streamURLs[#(XCDYouTubeVideoQualitySmall240)];
weakPlayerViewController.player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:streamURL];
[weakPlayerViewController.player play];
}
else
{
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
}];
Swift example here.
Sadly, even an Apple Staff person echoed the “negative” on this. From an Apple Developer Forums thread on the topic:
There is no support for WebViews on tvOS, and so an iframe implementation will not work. TVML does not offer this capability.
After some trying I'm happy to announce that:
youtube://watch/video_id
will open the YouTube app and play the YouTube video.
Enjoy.
As an addition to Daniel Storm's answer, you can also achieve this with the new TVML language using the code:
<lockup videoURL="http://mp4-url.mp4">
<img src="video thumbnail.jpg" />
</lockup>
(for this to work you'll need the direct video file (mp4) which also is not allowed by the Youtube TOS)
EDIT, found also the .JS solution:
How do I play a video on tvOS for Apple TV?
I used this one https://cocoapods.org/pods/youtube-parser
Youtube.h264videosWithYoutubeURL(testURL) { (videoInfo, error) -> Void in
if let videoURLString = videoInfo?["url"] as? String,
videoTitle = videoInfo?["title"] as? String {
print("\(videoTitle)")
print("\(videoURLString)")
self.playVideo(videoURLString)
}
}
Related
I need to Download videos from online video hosting sites(i.e. YouTube, DailyMotion, vimeo etc.) to my iOS application.
Recently i am getting video URL from UIWebView as user try to play any video in it. And after getting resource url(url of video which saved at some online path) and try to download it.
i had done it in YouTube by below stuff:
NSString *resourceUrlStr ;
NSString *urlStr = #"function getURL() { return document.getElementsByTagName('VIDEO')[0].src; } getURL();";
resourceUrlStr = [myWebViewObject stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString: urlStr];
This stuff only works for YouTube videos, Where resourceUrlStr provide me url of video resource.
But when i try this stuff for DailyMotion & other video hosting websites, It doesn't return me resource video url.
Any guesses? Or idea?
There are several techniques to perform it.
My prefered technique is,
When Player in WebView start playing a Video You need to set below code for notification :
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewWillAppear:YES];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(myVideoPlayedInFullscreenFirstTime:)
name:#"AVPlayerItemBecameCurrentNotification"
object:nil];
}
-(void)myVideoPlayedInFullscreenFirstTime:(NSNotification*)aNotification {
AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [aNotification object];
if(playerItem == nil) return;
// Break down the AVPlayerItem to get to the path
AVURLAsset *asset = (AVURLAsset*)[playerItem asset];
NSURL *downloadebaleVideoUrl = [asset URL];
/* now, You can download video by above URL.
In some cases it will give you “.m3u” file location.
You can go through it & get All videos from that list.
For DailyMotion there is one library on GitHub:
[For DailyMotion](https://github.com/oikyn/ExtractVideoURLManager)
*/
}
Swift version of solution suggested by #KunalParekh is:
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(true)
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.myVideoPlayedInFullscreenFirstTime), name: "AVPlayerItemBecameCurrentNotification", object: nil)
}
func myVideoPlayedInFullscreenFirstTime(aNotification: NSNotification) {
var playerItem = aNotification.object
if playerItem == nil {
return
}
let asset:AVURLAsset = playerItem?.asset as! AVURLAsset
var downloadebaleVideoUrl = asset.URL
print("downloadable video url is: \(downloadebaleVideoUrl)")
}
Do remember to import AVFoundation
I want to load video in AVPlayer using YouTube URL but it is not showing anything.Whenever i am loading from a local storage using NSBundle it is working fine.Is there is any alternative to load video or we can do something in AVPlayer.
This is my code:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSError *setCategoryError = nil;
[[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: &setCategoryError];
AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:#"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPP6lXaL7KA&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]];
avPlayerItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc]initWithAsset:asset];
self.songPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:avPlayerItem];
self.avPlayerLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer: self.songPlayer];
self.avPlayerLayer.frame = self.view.layer.bounds;
UIView *newView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
[newView.layer addSublayer:avPlayerLayer];
[self.view addSubview:newView];
[ self.songPlayer play];
}
You should use the iOS Youtube Helper library for playing youtube videos.
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/ios_youtube_helper
I don't know if you can use the AVPlayer. I've seen some examples using MPMoviePlayerController on CocoaControls, like this one: https://www.cocoacontrols.com/controls/hcyoutubeparser or this one: https://www.cocoacontrols.com/controls/xcdyoutubevideoplayerviewcontroller
But I don't think using youtube's url directly in your player fits the ToS of the platform. So I will recommend you tu use the Youtube Helper Library if you are planning to publish your app.
Use XCDYouTubeKit pod
Get youtube video id from url like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEATulyCdw
you can use this code:
extension URL {
func youtubeVideoId() -> String? {
let pattern = #"(?<=(youtu\.be\/)|(v=)).+?(?=\?|\&|$)"#
let testString = absoluteString
if let matchRange = testString.range(of: pattern, options: .regularExpression) {
let subStr = testString[matchRange]
return String(subStr)
} else {
return .none
}
} }
Then call XCDYouTubeClient.default().getVideoWithIdentifier(videoId)
In the completion you can get url. video?.streamURLs contains urls with a different quality, choose desired.
Finally just pass this url to AVPlayer...
Update
Visual explanation
Use first instead of youtubeMaxAvailableQuality
I don't think if you can use this now because i just used this and encountered the same case.
I read the apple document-,it definitely refers to that (You cannot directly create an AVAsset instance to represent the media in an HTTP Live Stream.).
Instead here is apple's example:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"<#Live stream URL#>];
// You may find a test stream at
http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/bipbopall.m3u8.
self.playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:url];
see,if not local url,should be playerItemWithURL:^_^
I am new at Swift Language. I want to develop simple movie player app for learning. I added some movies(".avi, .flv, .f4u.... which format is best) to my project. My view is just simple.There is a button on my view. ITs called "Play". When user tap on that button the movies will start.
Plus I need to play audio files too, like mp3 or .mid files. Can you give me how i can do that in Swift? IF you explain with example, It will be perfect.
Edit
I am not asking all code. I get confused when I try to convert my Objective C code to Swift. I want to know how I can develop below code in Swift?
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"eminem1" ofType:#"mp4"];
MPMoviePlayerController *myPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
myPlayer.shouldAutoplay = YES;
myPlayer.repeatMode = MPMovieRepeatModeOne;
myPlayer.fullscreen = YES;
myPlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeFile;
myPlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFit;
myPlayer.contentURL =[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
[self.view addSubview:myPlayer.view];
[myPlayer play];
Try this:
let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("eminem1", ofType: "mp4")
let pathURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path)
let myPlayer = MPMoviePlayerViewController(contentURL: pathURL)
myPlayer.moviePlayer.repeatMode = .None
presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated(myPlayer)
Don't forget import MediaPlayer.
Selected answer is deprecatedfor iOS 9+ versions.
Use this answer instead: How to play a local video with Swift?
I have two different views that are meant to play the same video, I am creating an app that will switch several times between the two views while the video is running.
I currently load the first view with the video as follows:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://[URL TO VIDEO HERE]"];
AVURLAsset *avasset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:url options:nil];
AVPlayerItem *item = [[AVPlayerItem alloc] initWithAsset:avasset];
player = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem:item];
playerLayer = [[AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:player] retain];
CGSize size = self.bounds.size;
float x = size.width/2.0-202.0;
float y = size.height/2.0 - 100;
//[player play];
playerLayer.frame = CGRectMake(x, y, 404, 200);
playerLayer.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
[self.layer addSublayer:playerLayer];
NSString *tracksKey = #"tracks";
[avasset loadValuesAsynchronouslyForKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObject:tracksKey] completionHandler:
^{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(),
^{
NSError *error = nil;
AVKeyValueStatus status = [avasset statusOfValueForKey:tracksKey error:&error];
if (status == AVKeyValueStatusLoaded) {
//videoInitialized = YES;
[player play];
}
else {
// You should deal with the error appropriately.
NSLog(#"The asset's tracks were not loaded:\n%#", [error localizedDescription]);
}
});
}];
In my second view I want to load the video from the dispatch_get_main_queue so that the video in both views are in sync.
I was hoping someone could help me out with loading the data of the video from the first view into the second view.
It is very simple:
Init the first player:
AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:URL];
AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:asset];
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
AVPlayerLayer *playerLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:player];
And the second player in the same way, BUT, use the same asset from the first one.
I have verified, it works.
There is all the info you need on the Apple page:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/AudioVideo/Conceptual/AVFoundationPG/Articles/02_Playback.html
This abstraction means that you can play a given asset using different
players simultaneously
this quote is from this page.
I don't think you will be able to get this approach to work. Videos are decoded in hardware and then the graphics buffer is sent to the graphics card. What you seem to want to do is decode a video in one view but then capture the contents of the first view and show it in a second view. That will not stay in sync because it would take time to capture the contents of the first window back into main memory and then those contents would need to be sent to the video card again. Basically, that is not going to work. You also cannot decode two h.264 videos streams and expect them to be in sync.
You could implement this with another approach entirely. If you decode the h.264 video to frames on disk (save each frame as a PNG) and then write your own loop that will decode the Nth PNG in a series of PNGs and then display the results in the two different windows. That will work fast enough to be an effective implementation on newer iPhone 4 and 5 and iPad 2 and 3. If you want to make use of a more advanced implementation, take a look at my AVAnimator library for iOS, you could get this approach working in 20 minutes if you use existing code.
For this ten year old question which has only ten year old answers which are out of date, here's the up to date answer.
var leadPlayer: AVPlayer ... the lead player you want to dupe
This does not work:
let leadPlayerItem: AVPlayerItem = leadPlayer.currentItem!
yourPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: leadPlayerItem)
yourPlayer.play()
Apple does not allow that (try it, see error).
This works. You must use the item:
let dupeItem: AVPlayerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset: leadPlayer.currentItem!.asset)
yourPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: dupeItem)
yourPlayer.play()
Fortunately it's now that easy.
I've developed an iOS app that plays two separate audio streams simultaneously. To do this I am using AVPlayer thus:
//Use URL to set up the speech radio player.
NSURL *urlStreamSpeech = [NSURL URLWithString:self.urlAddressSpeech];
playerSpeech = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:urlStreamSpeech];
//Use URL to set up the music player.
NSURL *urlStreamMusic = [NSURL URLWithString:self.urlAddressMusic];
playerMusic = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:urlStreamMusic];
I am now trying to implement a volume control so that the user will be able to control the volume for the audio streams individually. As I've tried this I have come to the conclusion that there is no volume property for the AVPlayer class. I also looked at the AVAudioPlayer class, but from what I gather that class is only able to play local audio files, not streamed audio.
So my question is: how can I control the volume of streamed audio on iOS?
NSString* resourcePath = url; //your url
NSData *_objectData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:resourcePath]];
NSError *error;
app.audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithData:_objectData error:&error];
app.audioPlayer.numberOfLoops = 0;
app.audioPlayer.volume = 1.0f;
[app.audioPlayer prepareToPlay];
if (app.audioPlayer == nil)
NSLog(#"%#", [error description]);
else
[app.audioPlayer play];
Look into the AVPlayer class, part of the AVFoundation framework... this is the objective-c (iOS) class you use for streaming audio.
look at this post Live streaming
MPMusicPlayerController* musicPlayer = [MPMusicPlayerController iPodMusicPlayer];
[musicPlayer setVolume:[SliderVolumen value]];
Only work in the device, no simulator.
Compatible with AVPlayer.