Getting thumbnail from a video url asynchronously - iOS - ios

There are lot of example codes for getting thumbnail from a video url. But all of them I tried are NOT generating the image asynchronously. So, when it comes to multiple videos in a tableview, app freezes. Please help me to make this thumbnail asynchronously.
-(UIImage *)generateThumbnailIconForVideoFileWith:(NSURL *)contentURL WithSize:(CGSize)size
{
UIImage *theImage = nil;
AVURLAsset *asset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:contentURL options:nil];
AVAssetImageGenerator *generator = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
generator.maximumSize=size;
generator.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = YES;
NSError *err = NULL;
CMTime time = CMTimeMake(100,100); //change whatever you want here.
CGImageRef imgRef = [generator copyCGImageAtTime:time actualTime:NULL error:&err];
theImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:imgRef] ;
CGImageRelease(imgRef);
return theImage;
}

You can also use MPMovieplayerfor generating thumbnail
MPMoviePlayerController *player= [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc]initWithContentURL:Videourl];
self.imgshow.image = [player thumbnailImageAtTime:5.0 timeOption:MPMovieTimeOptionNearestKeyFrame];
[player stop];

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It is possible that I can play video from NSArray of images. But how can I get NSArray of images from a video?
You can use this code to make image from Video and later you can save those image in a array
UIImage *singleFrameImage = [self.theMoviePlayer
thumbnailImageAtTime:i
timeOption:MPMovieTimeOptionExact];
To get a image from your video use this sample.
First import AVFoundation
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
Create the NSURL from your video.
NSString *videoUrl = #"http://download.wavetlan.com/SVV/Media/HTTP/MP4/ConvertedFiles/Media-Convert/Unsupported/test7.mp4";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:videoUrl];
Prepare the asset.
AVURLAsset *asset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:url options:nil];
AVAssetImageGenerator *generate = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
generate.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = YES;
Select the time to cut: e.g. In second 2 for 1 second.
CMTime time = CMTimeMake(2, 1);
Get the ImageRefference and the Thumbnail.
NSError *error = nil;
CGImageRef imageRef = [generate copyCGImageAtTime:time actualTime:nil error:&error];
UIImage *thumbnail = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:imageRef];
Set your image to some UIImageView .
[self.imageView setImage:thumbnail];
The Sample shows this image

Get thumbnail of *.mov file at 30 sec.?

i am develping on app in which i have many videos, when videos are loaded from server to application it shows black screen while loaded from server. so i write following code to get thumbnail of video and set it to my UIView but i want to take thumbnail image of video after 30 sec. screen.
when i need to change in following code to get that.
NSURL *vidURL = [[NSURL alloc]initWithString:objAlbum.strVideoURL];
NSLog(#"URL IS : %#",vidURL);
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:vidURL];
UIImage *thumbnail = [player thumbnailImageAtTime:1.0 timeOption:MPMovieTimeOptionNearestKeyFrame];
[player stop];
[cell2.playVWimage setImage:thumbnail];
Have you tried this,
AVAsset *myAsset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:videoUrl options:nil];
AVAssetImageGenerator *imageGenerator = [AVAssetImageGenerator assetImageGeneratorWithAsset:myAsset];
CGImageRef halfWayImage = [imageGenerator copyCGImageAtTime:TIME actualTime:&actualTime error:&error];
UIImage *image;
image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:halfWayImage scale:2.0 orientation:UIImageOrientationUp];

Objective-c, Is there any way fetch video thumbnail from URL instead using MPMoviePlayerController and AVAssetImageGenerator?

I want to fetch video thumbnail from URL instead using MPMoviePlayerController and AVAssetImageGenerator. Because these have some issue. Issue I have already asked,
1st one is : AVAssetImageGenerator not working properly, I am unable to fetch thumbnail of video from URL
and 2nd is : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32431311/mpmovieplayercontroller-not-fetching-thumbnail-of-video-from-url-properly
I have no idea how to do it. Any suggestion will be great. Thank in advance !!!
All you need is to put into comment below your URL and self.imageView.image = FrameImage;
Anyway.
NSString *str=#"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t50.2886-16/11719145_918467924880620_816495633_n.mp4";
NSURL *url=[[NSURL alloc]initWithString:str];
AVURLAsset *asset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:url options:nil];
AVAssetImageGenerator *generator = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
generator.appliesPreferredTrackTransform=TRUE;
NSError *error = NULL;
CMTime thumbTime = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(0,30);
CGImageRef refImg = [generator copyCGImageAtTime:thumbTime actualTime:NULL error:&error];
if(error) {
NSLog(#"%#", [error localizedDescription]);
}
UIImage *FrameImage= [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:refImg];
[self.imageView setImage:FrameImage];
Try this one.
AVURLAsset *asset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"[video URL]"] options:nil];
AVAssetImageGenerator *generateImg = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
NSError *error = NULL;
CMTime time = CMTimeMake(1, 65);
CGImageRef refImg = [generateImg copyCGImageAtTime:time actualTime:NULL error:&error];
NSLog(#"error==%#, Refimage==%#", error, refImg);
UIImage *FrameImage= [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:refImg];

thumbnail of a video on clicking video file in iOS simulator

I have a video in gallery. on clicking it tries to open,but instead of that i want to show a thumbnail of video in uiimageview.
AVURLAsset *asset;
if ([url isFileURL]) {
asset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:url options:nil];
}
AVAssetImageGenerator *gen = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
gen.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = YES;
CMTime time = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(0.0, 600);
NSError *error = nil;
CMTime actualTime;
CGImageRef image = [gen copyCGImageAtTime:time actualTime:&actualTime error:&error];
UIImage *thumb = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:image];
UIImage *finalThumpnailImage = [HPLUtility createThumpnailImageFromTheImage:thumb]; //Resized image.
CGImageRelease(image);
return finalThumpnailImage;

Capturing images while record button clicked in ios simultaneously

Iam using UIImagePicker to record video when i click the record button i want to capture the frame with sound and add it into one array .Please help me to accomplish the same thanks in advance .
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customphotoalbum
Edit
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NSLog(#"%#",contextInfo);
if (error) {
}else{
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generate.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = YES;
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