iOS Getting last frame of video - ios

I have video in .mp4 format and I would like to get last frame of this video then blur it and put into UIImageView. My problem is that I dont know how to get last frame of video. How can I do this in iOS?

Use AVAssetImageGenerator.
https://developer.apple.com/librarY/mac/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVAssetImageGenerator_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/AVAssetImageGenerator
I haven't personally used it, but it looks pretty straight forward if you've used AVFoundation before. Looks like you just initialize it with an asset and then you can generate a CGImage at a specific time using copyCGImageAtTime:actualTime:error:

You may try MPMoviePlayer, here is document related:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPMoviePlayerController_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006953-CH3-SW69

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Any way to have a real-time preview of AVMutableComposition? If no, how does Final Cut Pro does it?

is it possible to have a real-time preview of AVMutableComposition which has some layer instructions applied to its assets?
The only class I found that connects AVMutableComposition with AVVideoComposition (holding instructions) is AVExportSession. Does it mean I must export it first to play a preview?
If so, how does apps like Final Cut Pro serve real-time preview when I edit part of the video. Do they cut the whole video into multiple chunks, export what has changed and keep change of everything else?
This sounds like a difficult problem - is there any library that would help in cutting video into small chunks to export and keeping an eye on cache invalidation?
Cheers,
M.
I don't know if this is still relevant but you can always extract each frame from the video, manipulate it accordingly then render it to the screen.
If its from AVCaptureSession you can get CMSampleBuffer from the callbacks, if it's a file I think AVReader is your best bet then you can use either CoreImage or Metal to manipulate the frames and render them in real-time.
There is no real time preview with AVMutableComposition , they may create a time slot for every change and manage it's visibility when you change the slider below

How to set sprite/GIF image with video?

I have working on set sprite/animated image on video but can't understand that how to do this. some one please help me to suggest how to set sprite image with video.
What you can do is convert your "gif" animation to a video, and then mix it with other videos like any other normal occasion.

Playing CMSampleBufferRef's with AVPlayer

I am working on an OSX video editing app and have a set of CMSampleBufferRef's in an array representing each frame of the video.
I want to render a preview of the video using AVPlayer - is it possible feed in these samples directly into AVPlayer?
I've looked at most of the AVFoundation classes. I know I can use AVAssetWriter to write to a file, but want to avoid this as the user will still be doing more editing (so good to have the raw frame data).
Any thoughts?
Yes you can.
First of all, you should convert CMSampleBufferRef to CGImageRef, this will allow you to display frame samples in screen.
This answer has the all necessary code to make this.
About to play with AVPlayer, I'm not sure if you really need to do this, since you have full access through your CMSampleBufferRef array and you are able to convert and render those samples properly, I think is not necessary to put those samples at AVPlayer, instead, you can render directly CGImage at CALayer.
I hope this can help you.

iOS: Draw on top of AV video, then save the drawing in the video file

I'm working on an iPad app that records and plays videos using AVFoundation classes. I have all of the code for basic record/playback in place and now I would like to add a feature that allows the user to draw and make annotations on the video—something I believe will not be too difficult. The harder part, and something that I have not been able to find any examples of, will be to combine the drawing and annotations into the video file itself. I suspect this is part is accomplished with AVComposition but have no idea exactly how. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Mark
I do not think that you can actually save a drawing into a video file in iOS. You could however consider using a separate view to save the drawing and synchronize the overlay onto the video using a transparent view. In other words, the user circled something at time 3 mins 42 secs in the video. Then when the video is played back you overlay the saved drawing onto the video at the 3:42 mark. It's not what you want but I think it is as close as you can get right now.
EDIT: Actually there might be a way after all. Take a look at this tutorial. I have not read the whole thing but it seems to incorporate the overlay function you need.
http://www.raywenderlich.com/30200/avfoundation-tutorial-adding-overlays-and-animations-to-videos

Can I create a blue-screen effect with MPMoviePlayerController?

I am showing a video inline (not fullscreen) using MPMoviePlayerController. I am using this class because it is the only player I got working using a remote file (progressive download) and not a local file.
Is there any way to create a blue-screen effect? what I basically mean is decide on a certain RGB value and set that pixel's alpha to 0. Is it possible to perform any image processing per frame with MPMoviePlayerController?
You can not use MPMoviePlayerController for such movie processing.
Still, there is ways to accomplish what you are asking for. You may use the AVAssetWriter etc.
Check my answer on a similar question.

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