An AVPlayer plays an AVPlayerItem. AVPlayerItems are backed by objects of the class AVAsset. When you use the playerWithURL: method of AVPlayer it automatically creates the AVPlayerItem backed by an asset that is a subclass of AVAsset named AVURLAsset. AVURLAsset has a URL property. So, yes, in the case you provided you can get the … Read more
I would suggest you use FFMPEG library to process HLS streams. This is a little harder but gives more flexibility. I did HLS Player for Android a few years ago (used this project) I believe same applies to iOS.
playerLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFit;
Don’t use playerItemWithURL it’s sync. When you receive the response with the url try this: AVURLAsset *asset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:url options:nil]; NSArray *keys = @[@”playable”]; [asset loadValuesAsynchronouslyForKeys:keys completionHandler:^() { [self.player insertItem:[AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:asset] afterItem:nil]; }];
Sadly, using an HLS stream with AVFoundation doesn’t give you any control over the audio tracks. I ran into the same problem trying to mute an HLS stream, which turned out to be impossible. The only way you could read audio data would be to tap into the AVAudioSession. EDIT You can access the AVAudioSession … Read more
Build your AVPlayerItem in a background queue as much as possible (some operations you have to do on the main thread, but you can do setup operations and waiting for video properties to load on background queues – read the docs very carefully). This involves voodoo dances with KVO and is really not fun. The … Read more
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 can access currently played item by using currentItem property: AVPlayerItem *currentItem = yourAVPlayer.currentItem; Then you can easily get the requested time values CMTime duration = currentItem.duration; //total time CMTime currentTime = currentItem.currentTime; //playing time Swift 5: if let currentItem = player.currentItem { let duration = CMTimeGetSeconds(currentItem.duration) let currentTime = CMTimeGetSeconds(currentItem.currentTime()) print(“Duration: \(duration) s”) print(“Current … 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
Yes, the AVPlayer class does not have a delegate protocol like the AVAudioPlayer. You need to subscribe to notifications on an AVPlayerItem. You can create an AVPlayerItem using the same URL that you would otherwise pass to -initWithURL: on AVPlayer. -(void)startPlaybackForItemWithURL:(NSURL*)url { // First create an AVPlayerItem AVPlayerItem* playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:url]; // Subscribe to … Read more