NOTE as of iOS9, Apple has deprecated the MPMoviePlayerController: The MPMoviePlayerController class is formally deprecated in iOS 9. (The MPMoviePlayerViewController class is also formally deprecated.) To play video content in iOS 9 and later, instead use the AVPictureInPictureController or AVPlayerViewController class from the AVKit framework, or the WKWebView class from WebKit. Copied from the MPMoviePlayerController … Read more
You are playing a remote file. It may take some time for the AVPlayer to buffer enough data and be ready to play the file (see AV Foundation Programming Guide) But you don’t seem to wait for the player to be ready before tapping the play button. What I would to is disable this button … Read more
I used this code once to capture iOS default shutter sound (here is list of sound file names https://github.com/TUNER88/iOSSystemSoundsLibrary): NSString *path = @”/System/Library/Audio/UISounds/photoShutter.caf”; NSString *docs = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject]; NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path]; [data writeToFile:[docs stringByAppendingPathComponent:@”photoShutter.caf”] atomically:YES]; Then I used third-party app to extract photoShutter.caf from Documents directory (DiskAid for Mac). Next step … Read more
Try to do clean, build and then run the project. Worked for me.
You can tell it’s playing using: AVPlayer *player = … if ((player.rate != 0) && (player.error == nil)) { // player is playing } Swift 3 extension: extension AVPlayer { var isPlaying: Bool { return rate != 0 && error == nil } }
You can get a Notification when the player ends. Check AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification When setting up the player: ObjC avPlayer.actionAtItemEnd = AVPlayerActionAtItemEndNone; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(playerItemDidReachEnd:) name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification object:[avPlayer currentItem]]; this will prevent the player to pause at the end. in the notification: – (void)playerItemDidReachEnd:(NSNotification *)notification { AVPlayerItem *p = [notification object]; [p seekToTime:kCMTimeZero]; } this will rewind … Read more
Swift 3.x – 5.x Necessary: import AVKit, import AVFoundation AVFoundation framework is needed even if you use AVPlayer If you want to use AVPlayerViewController: let videoURL = URL(string: “https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4”) let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL!) let playerViewController = AVPlayerViewController() playerViewController.player = player self.present(playerViewController, animated: true) { playerViewController.player!.play() } or just AVPlayer: let videoURL = URL(string: “https://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4”) … Read more
Take a look at AVAssetWriter and the rest of the AVFoundation framework. The writer has an input of type AVAssetWriterInput, which in turn has a method called appendSampleBuffer: that lets you add individual frames to a video stream. Essentially you’ll have to: 1) Wire the writer: NSError *error = nil; AVAssetWriter *videoWriter = [[AVAssetWriter alloc] … Read more
Most preferably you might want to use AVFoundation. It provides all the essentials for working with audiovisual media. Update: Compatible with Swift 2, Swift 3 and Swift 4 as suggested by some of you in the comments. Swift 2.3 import AVFoundation var player: AVAudioPlayer? func playSound() { let url = NSBundle.mainBundle().URLForResource(“soundName”, withExtension: “mp3”)! do { … Read more
From “iPhone Tutorial: Better way to check capabilities of iOS devices”: There are two seemingly similar functions that take a parameter kSystemSoundID_Vibrate: 1) AudioServicesPlayAlertSound(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate); 2) AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate); Both of the functions vibrate the iPhone. But, when you use the first function on devices that don’t support vibration, it plays a beep sound. The second function, on … Read more