I'm trying to play a video from a server using Swift.
I have imported MediaPlayer framework, here is my code:
import UIKit
import MediaPlayer
class VideoViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
var url:NSURL = NSURL(string: "http://jplayer.org/video/m4v/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer.m4v")
var moviePlayer = MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: url)
moviePlayer.view.frame = CGRect(x: 20, y: 100, width: 200, height: 150)
self.view.addSubview(moviePlayer.view)
moviePlayer.fullscreen = true
moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyle.Embedded
}
}
I only get a black box when I run in the simulator but no video is playing no matter where I try to load a video from.
UPDATE
Here is the current code
var url:NSURL = NSURL(string: "http://jplayer.org/video/m4v/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer.m4v")
var moviePlayer = MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: url)
moviePlayer.view.frame = CGRect(x: 20, y: 100, width: 200, height: 150)
moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceType.File
self.view.addSubview(moviePlayer.view)
moviePlayer.prepareToPlay()
moviePlayer.play()
This code interestingly plays ~2 seconds of video before going black again!
UPDATE 2019, Swift 4:
MPMovieControlStyle' was deprecated in iOS 9.0: Use AVPlayerViewController in AVKit.
So, following the advice, let's change it. Original answer from 2016 is below.
import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
let url = URL(string: "https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4")!
playVideo(url: url)
}
func playVideo(url: URL) {
let player = AVPlayer(url: url)
let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
vc.player = player
self.present(vc, animated: true) { vc.player?.play() }
}
}
The original answer:
import UIKit
import MediaPlayer
class VideoViewController: UIViewController {
var moviePlayer:MPMoviePlayerController!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let url:NSURL = NSURL(string: "http://jplayer.org/video/m4v/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer.m4v")
moviePlayer = MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: url)
moviePlayer.view.frame = CGRect(x: 20, y: 100, width: 200, height: 150)
self.view.addSubview(moviePlayer.view)
moviePlayer.fullscreen = true
moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyle.Embedded
}
}
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
class VideoController: UIViewController
override func viewDidLoad()
{
let videoURL = NSURL(string: "VideoUr")
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL! as URL)
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = player
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) {
playerViewController.player!.play()
}
}
Import the libraries:
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
import MediaPlayer
import AudioToolbox
Set delegaete like this
AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate
Wrtie pretty code where you want to play like button action:
let videoURL = URL(string: "https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4")
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL!)
let playervc = AVPlayerViewController()
playervc.delegate = self
playervc.player = player
self.present(playervc, animated: true) {
playervc.player!.play()
}
100% working and test
I just was having the same issues..
MPMoviePlayerController Stops Playing After 5 seconds - Swift
The issue is your var moviePlayer is going out of scope. By declaring it outside of viewDidLoad like #Victor-Sigler did above, you prevent the black screen issue from happening.
Related
My code perfectly works fine in the simulator and it streams the url without any issue. But when plugged to the actual device it doesnt play the audio. My code as bellow
var playerItem: AVPlayerItem?
var player: AVPlayer?
func initPlayer() {
let url:URL = URL(string:"https://storage.googleapis.com/purelightdatabucket/samples%2F60-Energy%20UPLIFT.mp3")!
self.playerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: url)
self.player=AVPlayer(playerItem: self.playerItem!)
let playerLayer=AVPlayerLayer(player: self.player!)
playerLayer.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 10, height: 50) // actually this player layer is not visible
self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer)
}
Put this code in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
do {
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSession.Category.playback)
try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
} catch {
print(error)
}
you can use this too :
You need to add AVKit & AVFoundation to your frameworks path and import them :
import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var player = AVPlayer()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: URL(string: "https://storage.googleapis.com/purelightdatabucket/samples%2F60-Energy%20UPLIFT.mp3")!)
player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
player.play()
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
}
}
I am new to ios programming, actually I need to stream video URL but i am unable to stream video URL using avplayer, but using avplayer downloaded file i am able to play.Actual problem is my file format is different
for example my file name is like this song.apa but it is song.mp4
code:
let avplayerController = AVPlayerViewController()
var avPlayer:AVPlayer?
override func viewDidLoad()
{
super.viewDidLoad()
let movieUrl = URL.init(string: "http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.3gp")
self.avPlayer = AVPlayer.init(url: movieUrl!)
self.avplayerController.player = self.avPlayer
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning()
{
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#IBAction func playVideo(_ sender: Any)
{
self.present(self.avplayerController, animated: true) {
self.avplayerController.player?.play()
}
}
In Swift 3
import Foundation
import AVFoundation
import MediaPlayer
import AVKit
func play()
{
let player = AVPlayer(url: "Your Url")
let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerViewController.player = player
self.present(playerViewController, animated: true)
{
playerViewController.player!.play()
}
}
You cant play this particular link (http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.3gp) using AVPlayer or AVPlayerViewController because that file is in AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, a format for speech) - which is not supported since iOS 4.3
Some of 3gp files can be played but only ones that have video and audio streams supported by Apple.
In Swift 3, try this code for playing video in project
import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
import MediaPlayer
import MobileCoreServices
class VideoPlayerViewController: UIViewController,AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate {
//MARK: - Outlet -
#IBOutlet weak var viewVidioPlayer: UIView!
//MARK: - Variable
//MARK: - View Life Cycle -
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
//MARK: - Action -
//for Playing Video
#IBAction func btnvideoPlayClicked(_ sender: UIButton) {
self.videoPlay()
}
func videoPlay()
{
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.delegate = self
let bundle = Bundle.main
let moviePath: String? = "http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.3gp"
let movieURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: moviePath!)
let player = AVPlayer(url: movieURL)
playerController.player = player
self.addChildViewController(playerController)
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
playerController.view.frame = self.view.frame
player.play()
}
//MARK: - other Function -
func playerViewControllerWillStartPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController){
print("playerViewControllerWillStartPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerDidStartPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerDidStartPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewController(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController, failedToStartPictureInPictureWithError error: Error)
{
print("failedToStartPictureInPictureWithError")
}
func playerViewControllerWillStopPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerWillStopPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerDidStopPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerDidStopPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerShouldAutomaticallyDismissAtPictureInPictureStart(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController) -> Bool
{
print("playerViewControllerShouldAutomaticallyDismissAtPictureInPictureStart")
return true
}
}
I hope it's work for you,
thank you
heres an example of streaming video..
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(string: "http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4")!)
let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
present(controller, animated: true) { _ in }
controller.player = player
addChildViewController(controller)
view.addSubview(controller.view)
controller.view.frame = CGRect(x: 50, y: 50, width: 300, height: 300)
controller.player = player
controller.showsPlaybackControls = true
player.isClosedCaptionDisplayEnabled = false
player.play()
}
you can use YoutubePlayerView for playing youtube videos, and for else formats you can use UIWebView. For doing so, simply use if-else block,
if movieUrl.contains("youtube.com/") {
var videoId: String = extractYoutubeId(fromLink: movieUrl)
youtubePlayerView.load(withVideoId: videoId)
} else {
webView = UIWebView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 288, height: 277))
webView.delegate = self
webView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
webView?.loadRequest(movieUrl)
}
For Swift 3 play video from URL
//AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate // example : class TestAudioVideoVC: UIViewController,AVPlayerViewControllerDelegate
func videoPlay()
{
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.delegate = self
let videoURL = NSURL(string: "https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4")
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL! as URL)
playerController.player = player
self.addChildViewController(playerController)
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
playerController.view.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 64, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height - 64)
playerController.showsPlaybackControls = true
player.play()
}
//MARK: - AVPlayerViewController Delegate -
func playerViewControllerWillStartPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController){
print("playerViewControllerWillStartPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerDidStartPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerDidStartPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewController(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController, failedToStartPictureInPictureWithError error: Error)
{
print("failedToStartPictureInPictureWithError")
}
func playerViewControllerWillStopPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerWillStopPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerDidStopPictureInPicture(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
{
print("playerViewControllerDidStopPictureInPicture")
}
func playerViewControllerShouldAutomaticallyDismissAtPictureInPictureStart(_ playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController) -> Bool
{
print("playerViewControllerShouldAutomaticallyDismissAtPictureInPictureStart")
return true
}
Play video in swift 5
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
#IBAction func playVideoUsingURL(_ sender: Any) {
playGlobalVideo()
}
#IBAction func playVideoFromLocalDrive(_ sender: Any) {
playLocalVideo()
}
func playGlobalVideo() {
guard let videoURL = URL(string: "http://static.videokart.ir/clip/100/480.mp4") else {
return
}
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL)
let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
vc.player = player
present(vc, animated: true) {
player.play()
}
}
func playLocalVideo() {
guard let videoPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "movie", ofType: "mov") else {
return
}
let player = AVPlayer(url: URL.init(fileURLWithPath: videoPath))
let playCtr = AVPlayerViewController()
playCtr.player = player
present(playCtr, animated: true) {
player.play()
}
}
}
I'm working with iOS using Swift.
I want to load a video file using AVPlayer in Swift.
I was able to load an image and a text file from the local server. But I couldn't load a video file. This is the code that I'm using.
let movieUrl = NSURL(string: "http://akjfsjf/ajdfl/ajkf/car.mp4")
let player = AVPlayer(URL: movieUrl!)
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.player = player
self.addChildViewController(playerController)
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
playerController.view.frame = self.view.frame
player.play()
I have tried with following URL and function
func playvideo (){
let movieUrl = NSURL(string: "http://www.w3schools.com/html/movie.mp4")
let player = AVPlayer(URL: movieUrl!)
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.player = player
player.play()
self.addChildViewController(playerController)
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
playerController.view.frame = self.view.frame
}
Also from your code i found you are using http rather than https so you need to add following property in plist file.
Try this one,
import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var playerVC : AVPlayerViewController!
var playerItem : AVPlayerItem!
var player : AVPlayer!
var playerLayer: AVPlayerLayer!
override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
let url = NSURL.init(fileURLWithPath: "your file path")
self.playerItem = AVPlayerItem.init(URL: url!)
self.player = AVPlayer.init(playerItem: self.playerItem)
self.playerVC = AVPlayerViewController.init();
self.playerVC.player = self.player;
self.player.currentItem!.playbackLikelyToKeepUp
self.presentViewController(self.playerVC, animated: true) { () -> Void in
self.playerVC.player?.play()
}
}
}
Hope this helps!
I want to build simple video app thats views a video form youtube links thats users add.
I didn't find "VideoView" I mean If image view is for image what is UIView for videos.
There is no object in the original library that performs video viewing function. But you can import the MediaPlayer framework in your project and add it programmatically.
Here is a Swift example
import MediaPlayer
class Step1ViewController: UIViewController {
var moviePlayer: MPMoviePlayerController?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
playVideo()
}
func playVideo() {
let videoView = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(self.view.bounds.origin.x, self.view.bounds.origin.y, self.view.bounds.width, self.view.bounds.height))
let pathToEx1 = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("myVideoFile", ofType: "mp4")
let pathURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(pathToEx1!)
moviePlayer = MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: pathURL)
if let player = moviePlayer {
player.view.frame = videoView.bounds
player.prepareToPlay()
player.scalingMode = .AspectFill
videoView.addSubview(player.view)
}
self.view.addSubview(videoView)
}
}
As for further customisations and app notifications it has a bunch of in-build possibilities. So check it out.
To play video apple has provided MPMovieViewController
see this https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPMoviePlayerController_Class/index.html
and this
http://www.brianjcoleman.com/tutorial-play-video-swift/
In youtube Video case we got embedded links are used so for that you will get help from this https://github.com/gilesvangruisen/Swift-YouTube-Player
import AVFoundation
import AVKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var player = AVPlayer()
var playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
func playVideo() {
let videoURL = NSURL(string: videoUrl)
player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL! as URL)
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
playerController.player = player
self.addChildViewController(playerController)
// Add your view Frame
playerController.view.frame = self.view.frame
// Add subview in your view
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
player.play()
}
func stopVideo() {
player.pause()
}
}
In Xcode 10 (with a bit less code):
In the interface builder (Storyboard), add "AVKit Player View Controller"
Create a View Controller that derives from AVPlayerViewController:
import UIKit
import AVKit
class VideoPlayerViewController: AVPlayerViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let videoURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "video", withExtension: "mp4")!
self.player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL)
}
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
self.player?.play()
}
}
Don't forget to connect this custom class in the storyboard's identity inspector :)
Note: this example uses video URL pointing to a bundle's resource.
I'm trying to create a simple app with two buttons that trigger two videos.
Right now I have coded the first video:
import UIKit
import MediaPlayer
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var moviePlayer : MPMoviePlayerController?
func playVideo01() {
let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("video01", ofType: "mp4")
let url = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path!)
moviePlayer = MPMoviePlayerController(contentURL: url)
if let player = moviePlayer {
player.view.frame = self.view.bounds
moviePlayer?.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyle.Fullscreen
player.prepareToPlay()
player.scalingMode = .AspectFit
self.view.addSubview(player.view)
}
}
If I build the app, I cannot stop it: my movie player does not show any controls.
Can anyone help me?