How to play local video using Swift?

Question

I have a short mp4 video file that I have added to my current Xcode6 beta project.

I want to play the video in my application.

After searching for a watch, I cannot find anything useful. Is there a way to accomplish this with Swift or do you need to use Objective-C? Can I point in the right direction? I cannot be the only one who is interested.

Answer 1

Of course you can use Swift!

1. Adding a video file

Add a video (call him video.m4v ) in your Xcode project

2. Checking your video in a folder

Open Project Navigator cmd + 1

Then select your project root > your Target > Build Phases > Copy Bundle Resources .

Your video MUST be here. If this is not the case, you must add it using the plus button

3. Code

Open your view controller and write this code.

 import UIKit import AVKit import AVFoundation class ViewController: UIViewController { override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) { super.viewDidAppear(animated) playVideo() } private func playVideo() { guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "video", ofType:"m4v") else { debugPrint("video.m4v not found") return } let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: path)) let playerController = AVPlayerViewController() playerController.player = player present(playerController, animated: true) { player.play() } } } 

Answer 2

another example of Swift 3. The provided solution did not work for me.

 private func playVideo(from file:String) { let file = file.components(separatedBy: ".") guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: file[0], ofType:file[1]) else { debugPrint( "\(file.joined(separator: ".")) not found") return } let player = AVPlayer(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: path)) let playerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: player) playerLayer.frame = self.view.bounds self.view.layer.addSublayer(playerLayer) player.play() } 

Using:

 playVideo(from: "video.extension") 

Note: Select the Copy resources to check box in the Build Phases section to ensure that the video is available to the project.

Answer 3

U can set up AVPlayer differently by opening up for you the full screen settings of your video player

Swift 2.3

• Create a subclass of the UIView class to play the video (basically, you can use any UIView object and only AVPlayerLayer needed). I tune in this way because it is much clearer for me)

   import AVFoundation import UIKit class PlayerView: UIView { override class func layerClass() -> AnyClass { return AVPlayerLayer.self } var player:AVPlayer? { set { if let layer = layer as? AVPlayerLayer { layer.player = player } } get { if let layer = layer as? AVPlayerLayer { return layer.player } else { return nil } } } } 

• Install player

   import AVFoundation import Foundation protocol VideoPlayerDelegate { func downloadedProgress(progress:Double) func readyToPlay() func didUpdateProgress(progress:Double) func didFinishPlayItem() func didFailPlayToEnd() } let videoContext:UnsafeMutablePointer<Void> = nil class VideoPlayer : NSObject { private var assetPlayer:AVPlayer? private var playerItem:AVPlayerItem? private var urlAsset:AVURLAsset? private var videoOutput:AVPlayerItemVideoOutput? private var assetDuration:Double = 0 private var playerView:PlayerView? private var autoRepeatPlay:Bool = true private var autoPlay:Bool = true var delegate:VideoPlayerDelegate? var playerRate:Float = 1 { didSet { if let player = assetPlayer { player.rate = playerRate > 0 ? playerRate : 0.0 } } } var volume:Float = 1.0 { didSet { if let player = assetPlayer { player.volume = volume > 0 ? volume : 0.0 } } } // MARK: - Init convenience init(urlAsset:NSURL, view:PlayerView, startAutoPlay:Bool = true, repeatAfterEnd:Bool = true) { self.init() playerView = view autoPlay = startAutoPlay autoRepeatPlay = repeatAfterEnd if let playView = playerView, let playerLayer = playView.layer as? AVPlayerLayer { playerLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill } initialSetupWithURL(urlAsset) prepareToPlay() } override init() { super.init() } // MARK: - Public func isPlaying() -> Bool { if let player = assetPlayer { return player.rate > 0 } else { return false } } func seekToPosition(seconds:Float64) { if let player = assetPlayer { pause() if let timeScale = player.currentItem?.asset.duration.timescale { player.seekToTime(CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(seconds, timeScale), completionHandler: { (complete) in self.play() }) } } } func pause() { if let player = assetPlayer { player.pause() } } func play() { if let player = assetPlayer { if (player.currentItem?.status == .ReadyToPlay) { player.play() player.rate = playerRate } } } func cleanUp() { if let item = playerItem { item.removeObserver(self, forKeyPath: "status") item.removeObserver(self, forKeyPath: "loadedTimeRanges") } NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self) assetPlayer = nil playerItem = nil urlAsset = nil } // MARK: - Private private func prepareToPlay() { let keys = ["tracks"] if let asset = urlAsset { asset.loadValuesAsynchronouslyForKeys(keys, completionHandler: { dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { self.startLoading() }) }) } } private func startLoading(){ var error:NSError? guard let asset = urlAsset else {return} let status:AVKeyValueStatus = asset.statusOfValueForKey("tracks", error: &error) if status == AVKeyValueStatus.Loaded { assetDuration = CMTimeGetSeconds(asset.duration) let videoOutputOptions = [kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String : Int(kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange)] videoOutput = AVPlayerItemVideoOutput(pixelBufferAttributes: videoOutputOptions) playerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset: asset) if let item = playerItem { item.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "status", options: .Initial, context: videoContext) item.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "loadedTimeRanges", options: [.New, .Old], context: videoContext) NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(playerItemDidReachEnd), name: AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: nil) NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(didFailedToPlayToEnd), name: AVPlayerItemFailedToPlayToEndTimeNotification, object: nil) if let output = videoOutput { item.addOutput(output) item.audioTimePitchAlgorithm = AVAudioTimePitchAlgorithmVarispeed assetPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: item) if let player = assetPlayer { player.rate = playerRate } addPeriodicalObserver() if let playView = playerView, let layer = playView.layer as? AVPlayerLayer { layer.player = assetPlayer print("player created") } } } } } private func addPeriodicalObserver() { let timeInterval = CMTimeMake(1, 1) if let player = assetPlayer { player.addPeriodicTimeObserverForInterval(timeInterval, queue: dispatch_get_main_queue(), usingBlock: { (time) in self.playerDidChangeTime(time) }) } } private func playerDidChangeTime(time:CMTime) { if let player = assetPlayer { let timeNow = CMTimeGetSeconds(player.currentTime()) let progress = timeNow / assetDuration delegate?.didUpdateProgress(progress) } } @objc private func playerItemDidReachEnd() { delegate?.didFinishPlayItem() if let player = assetPlayer { player.seekToTime(kCMTimeZero) if autoRepeatPlay == true { play() } } } @objc private func didFailedToPlayToEnd() { delegate?.didFailPlayToEnd() } private func playerDidChangeStatus(status:AVPlayerStatus) { if status == .Failed { print("Failed to load video") } else if status == .ReadyToPlay, let player = assetPlayer { volume = player.volume delegate?.readyToPlay() if autoPlay == true && player.rate == 0.0 { play() } } } private func moviewPlayerLoadedTimeRangeDidUpdated(ranges:Array<NSValue>) { var maximum:NSTimeInterval = 0 for value in ranges { let range:CMTimeRange = value.CMTimeRangeValue let currentLoadedTimeRange = CMTimeGetSeconds(range.start) + CMTimeGetSeconds(range.duration) if currentLoadedTimeRange > maximum { maximum = currentLoadedTimeRange } } let progress:Double = assetDuration == 0 ? 0.0 : Double(maximum) / assetDuration delegate?.downloadedProgress(progress) } deinit { cleanUp() } private func initialSetupWithURL(url:NSURL) { let options = [AVURLAssetPreferPreciseDurationAndTimingKey : true] urlAsset = AVURLAsset(URL: url, options: options) } // MARK: - Observations override func observeValueForKeyPath(keyPath: String?, ofObject object: AnyObject?, change: [String : AnyObject]?, context: UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>) { if context == videoContext { if let key = keyPath { if key == "status", let player = assetPlayer { playerDidChangeStatus(player.status) } else if key == "loadedTimeRanges", let item = playerItem { moviewPlayerLoadedTimeRangeDidUpdated(item.loadedTimeRanges) } } } } } 

• Application:

suppose that u has the form

 @IBOutlet private weak var playerView: PlayerView! private var videoPlayer:VideoPlayer? 

and in viewDidLoad()

  private func preparePlayer() { if let filePath = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("intro", ofType: "m4v") { let fileURL = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: filePath) videoPlayer = VideoPlayer(urlAsset: fileURL, view: playerView) if let player = videoPlayer { player.playerRate = 0.67 } } } 

Objective-c

PlayerView.h

  #import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h> #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> /*! @class PlayerView @discussion Represent View for playinv video. Layer - PlayerLayer @availability iOS 7 and Up */ @interface PlayerView : UIView /*! @var player @discussion Player object */ @property (strong, nonatomic) AVPlayer *player; @end 

PlayerView.m

  #import "PlayerView.h" @implementation PlayerView #pragma mark - LifeCycle + (Class)layerClass { return [AVPlayerLayer class]; } #pragma mark - Setter/Getter - (AVPlayer*)player { return [(AVPlayerLayer *)[self layer] player]; } - (void)setPlayer:(AVPlayer *)player { [(AVPlayerLayer *)[self layer] setPlayer:player]; } @end 

VideoPlayer.h

  #import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h> #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> #import "PlayerView.h" /*! @protocol VideoPlayerDelegate @discussion Events from VideoPlayer */ @protocol VideoPlayerDelegate <NSObject> @optional /*! @brief Called whenever time when progress of played item changed @param progress Playing progress */ - (void)progressDidUpdate:(CGFloat)progress; /*! @brief Called whenever downloaded item progress changed @param progress Playing progress */ - (void)downloadingProgress:(CGFloat)progress; /*! @brief Called when playing time changed @param time Playing progress */ - (void)progressTimeChanged:(CMTime)time; /*! @brief Called when player finish play item */ - (void)playerDidPlayItem; /*! @brief Called when player ready to play item */ - (void)isReadyToPlay; @end /*! @class VideoPlayer @discussion Video Player @code self.videoPlayer = [[VideoPlayer alloc] initVideoPlayerWithURL:someURL playerView:self.playerView]; [self.videoPlayer prepareToPlay]; self.videoPlayer.delegate = self; //optional //after when required play item [self.videoPlayer play]; @endcode */ @interface VideoPlayer : NSObject /*! @var delegate @abstract Delegate for VideoPlayer @discussion Set object to this property for getting response and notifications from this class */ @property (weak, nonatomic) id <VideoPlayerDelegate> delegate; /*! @var volume @discussion volume of played asset */ @property (assign, nonatomic) CGFloat volume; /*! @var autoRepeat @discussion indicate whenever player should repeat content on finish playing */ @property (assign, nonatomic) BOOL autoRepeat; /*! @brief Create player with asset URL @param urlAsset Source URL @result instance of VideoPlayer */ - (instancetype)initVideoPlayerWithURL:(NSURL *)urlAsset; /*! @brief Create player with asset URL and configure selected view for showing result @param urlAsset Source URL @param view View on wchich result will be showed @result instance of VideoPlayer */ - (instancetype)initVideoPlayerWithURL:(NSURL *)urlAsset playerView:(PlayerView *)view; /*! @brief Call this method after creating player to prepare player to play */ - (void)prepareToPlay; /*! @brief Play item */ - (void)play; /*! @brief Pause item */ - (void)pause; /*! @brief Stop item */ - (void)stop; /*! @brief Seek required position in item and pla if rquired @param progressValue % of position to seek @param isPlaying YES if player should start to play item implicity */ - (void)seekPositionAtProgress:(CGFloat)progressValue withPlayingStatus:(BOOL)isPlaying; /*! @brief Player state @result YES - if playing, NO if not playing */ - (BOOL)isPlaying; /*! @brief Indicate whenever player can provide CVPixelBufferRef frame from item @result YES / NO */ - (BOOL)canProvideFrame; /*! @brief CVPixelBufferRef frame from item @result CVPixelBufferRef frame */ - (CVPixelBufferRef)getCurrentFramePicture; @end 

VideoPlayer.m

  #import "VideoPlayer.h" typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, InternalStatus) { InternalStatusPreparation, InternalStatusReadyToPlay, }; static const NSString *ItemStatusContext; @interface VideoPlayer() @property (strong, nonatomic) AVPlayer *assetPlayer; @property (strong, nonatomic) AVPlayerItem *playerItem; @property (strong, nonatomic) AVURLAsset *urlAsset; @property (strong, atomic) AVPlayerItemVideoOutput *videoOutput; @property (assign, nonatomic) CGFloat assetDuration; @property (strong, nonatomic) PlayerView *playerView; @property (assign, nonatomic) InternalStatus status; @end @implementation VideoPlayer #pragma mark - LifeCycle - (instancetype)initVideoPlayerWithURL:(NSURL *)urlAsset { if (self = [super init]) { [self initialSetupWithURL:urlAsset]; } return self; } - (instancetype)initVideoPlayerWithURL:(NSURL *)urlAsset playerView:(PlayerView *)view { if (self = [super init]) { ((AVPlayerLayer *)view.layer).videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill; [self initialSetupWithURL:urlAsset playerView:view]; } return self; } #pragma mark - Public - (void)play { if ((self.assetPlayer.currentItem) && (self.assetPlayer.currentItem.status == AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay)) { [self.assetPlayer play]; } } - (void)pause { [self.assetPlayer pause]; } - (void)seekPositionAtProgress:(CGFloat)progressValue withPlayingStatus:(BOOL)isPlaying { [self.assetPlayer pause]; int32_t timeScale = self.assetPlayer.currentItem.asset.duration.timescale; __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self; [self.assetPlayer seekToTime:CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(progressValue, timeScale) completionHandler:^(BOOL finished) { DLog(@"SEEK To time %f - success", progressValue); if (isPlaying && finished) { [weakSelf.assetPlayer play]; } }]; } - (void)setPlayerVolume:(CGFloat)volume { self.assetPlayer.volume = volume > .0 ? MAX(volume, 0.7) : 0.0f; [self.assetPlayer play]; } - (void)setPlayerRate:(CGFloat)rate { self.assetPlayer.rate = rate > .0 ? rate : 0.0f; } - (void)stop { [self.assetPlayer seekToTime:kCMTimeZero]; self.assetPlayer.rate =.0f; } - (BOOL)isPlaying { return self.assetPlayer.rate > 0 ? YES : NO; } #pragma mark - Private - (void)initialSetupWithURL:(NSURL *)url { self.status = InternalStatusPreparation; [self setupPlayerWithURL:url]; } - (void)initialSetupWithURL:(NSURL *)url playerView:(PlayerView *)view { [self setupPlayerWithURL:url]; self.playerView = view; } - (void)setupPlayerWithURL:(NSURL *)url { NSDictionary *assetOptions = @{ AVURLAssetPreferPreciseDurationAndTimingKey : @YES }; self.urlAsset = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:url options:assetOptions]; } - (void)prepareToPlay { NSArray *keys = @[@"tracks"]; __weak VideoPlayer *weakSelf = self; [weakSelf.urlAsset loadValuesAsynchronouslyForKeys:keys completionHandler:^{ dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{ [weakSelf startLoading]; }); }]; } - (void)startLoading { NSError *error; AVKeyValueStatus status = [self.urlAsset statusOfValueForKey:@"tracks" error:&error]; if (status == AVKeyValueStatusLoaded) { self.assetDuration = CMTimeGetSeconds(self.urlAsset.duration); NSDictionary* videoOutputOptions = @{ (id)kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey : @(kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange)}; self.videoOutput = [[AVPlayerItemVideoOutput alloc] initWithPixelBufferAttributes:videoOutputOptions]; self.playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset: self.urlAsset]; [self.playerItem addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"status" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionInitial context:&ItemStatusContext]; [self.playerItem addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"loadedTimeRanges" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew|NSKeyValueObservingOptionOld context:&ItemStatusContext]; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(playerItemDidReachEnd:) name:AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTimeNotification object:self.playerItem]; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(didFailedToPlayToEnd) name:AVPlayerItemFailedToPlayToEndTimeNotification object:nil]; [self.playerItem addOutput:self.videoOutput]; self.assetPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:self.playerItem]; [self addPeriodicalObserver]; [((AVPlayerLayer *)self.playerView.layer) setPlayer:self.assetPlayer]; DLog(@"Player created"); } else { DLog(@"The asset tracks were not loaded:\n%@", error.localizedDescription); } } #pragma mark - Observation - (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context { BOOL isOldKey = [change[NSKeyValueChangeNewKey] isEqual:change[NSKeyValueChangeOldKey]]; if (!isOldKey) { if (context == &ItemStatusContext) { if ([keyPath isEqualToString:@"status"] && !self.status) { if (self.assetPlayer.status == AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay) { self.status = InternalStatusReadyToPlay; } [self moviePlayerDidChangeStatus:self.assetPlayer.status]; } else if ([keyPath isEqualToString:@"loadedTimeRanges"]) { [self moviewPlayerLoadedTimeRangeDidUpdated:self.playerItem.loadedTimeRanges]; } } } } - (void)moviePlayerDidChangeStatus:(AVPlayerStatus)status { if (status == AVPlayerStatusFailed) { DLog(@"Failed to load video"); } else if (status == AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay) { DLog(@"Player ready to play"); self.volume = self.assetPlayer.volume; if (self.delegate && [self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(isReadyToPlay)]) { [self.delegate isReadyToPlay]; } } } - (void)moviewPlayerLoadedTimeRangeDidUpdated:(NSArray *)ranges { NSTimeInterval maximum = 0; for (NSValue *value in ranges) { CMTimeRange range; [value getValue:&range]; NSTimeInterval currenLoadedRangeTime = CMTimeGetSeconds(range.start) + CMTimeGetSeconds(range.duration); if (currenLoadedRangeTime > maximum) { maximum = currenLoadedRangeTime; } } CGFloat progress = (self.assetDuration == 0) ? 0 : maximum / self.assetDuration; if (self.delegate && [self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(downloadingProgress:)]) { [self.delegate downloadingProgress:progress]; } } - (void)playerItemDidReachEnd:(NSNotification *)notification { if (self.delegate && [self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(playerDidPlayItem)]){ [self.delegate playerDidPlayItem]; } [self.assetPlayer seekToTime:kCMTimeZero]; if (self.autoRepeat) { [self.assetPlayer play]; } } - (void)didFailedToPlayToEnd { DLog(@"Failed play video to the end"); } - (void)addPeriodicalObserver { CMTime interval = CMTimeMake(1, 1); __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self; [self.assetPlayer addPeriodicTimeObserverForInterval:interval queue:dispatch_get_main_queue() usingBlock:^(CMTime time) { [weakSelf playerTimeDidChange:time]; }]; } - (void)playerTimeDidChange:(CMTime)time { double timeNow = CMTimeGetSeconds(self.assetPlayer.currentTime); if (self.delegate && [self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(progressDidUpdate:)]) { [self.delegate progressDidUpdate:(CGFloat) (timeNow / self.assetDuration)]; } } #pragma mark - Notification - (void)setupAppNotification { [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(didEnterBackground) name:UIApplicationDidEnterBackgroundNotification object:nil]; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(willEnterForeground) name:UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification object:nil]; } - (void)didEnterBackground { [self.assetPlayer pause]; } - (void)willEnterForeground { [self.assetPlayer pause]; } #pragma mark - GetImagesFromVideoPlayer - (BOOL)canProvideFrame { return self.assetPlayer.status == AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay; } - (CVPixelBufferRef)getCurrentFramePicture { CMTime currentTime = [self.videoOutput itemTimeForHostTime:CACurrentMediaTime()]; if (self.delegate && [self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(progressTimeChanged:)]) { [self.delegate progressTimeChanged:currentTime]; } if (![self.videoOutput hasNewPixelBufferForItemTime:currentTime]) { return 0; } CVPixelBufferRef buffer = [self.videoOutput copyPixelBufferForItemTime:currentTime itemTimeForDisplay:NULL]; return buffer; } #pragma mark - CleanUp - (void)removeObserversFromPlayer { @try { [self.playerItem removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"status"]; [self.playerItem removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"loadedTimeRanges"]; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self]; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self.assetPlayer]; } @catch (NSException *ex) { DLog(@"Cant remove observer in Player - %@", ex.description); } } - (void)cleanUp { [self removeObserversFromPlayer]; self.assetPlayer.rate = 0; self.assetPlayer = nil; self.playerItem = nil; self.urlAsset = nil; } - (void)dealloc { [self cleanUp]; } @end 

The shutdown reason resource (video file) must have the target membership set for your project

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Answer 4

Swift 3

 if let filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "small", ofType: ".mp4") { let filePathURL = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: filePath) let player = AVPlayer(url: filePathURL) let playerController = AVPlayerViewController() playerController.player = player self.present(playerController, animated: true) { player.play() } } 

Answer 5

this code converts code from gbk answer to swift 4

1. in your main control view:

  if let filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "clip", ofType: "mp4") { let fileURL = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: filePath) videoPlayer = VideoPlayer(urlAsset: fileURL, view: playerView) if let player = videoPlayer { player.playerRate = 1.00 } } 

2. you need a VideoPlayer class

    import AVFoundation import Foundation protocol VideoPlayerDelegate { func downloadedProgress(progress:Double) func readyToPlay() func didUpdateProgress(progress:Double) func didFinishPlayItem() func didFailPlayToEnd() } let videoContext:UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>? = nil class VideoPlayer : NSObject { private var assetPlayer:AVPlayer? private var playerItem:AVPlayerItem? private var urlAsset:AVURLAsset? private var videoOutput:AVPlayerItemVideoOutput? private var assetDuration:Double = 0 private var playerView:PlayerView? private var autoRepeatPlay:Bool = true private var autoPlay:Bool = true var delegate:VideoPlayerDelegate? var playerRate:Float = 1 { didSet { if let player = assetPlayer { player.rate = playerRate > 0 ? playerRate : 0.0 } } } var volume:Float = 0 { didSet { if let player = assetPlayer { player.volume = 50 } } } // MARK: - Init convenience init(urlAsset:NSURL, view:PlayerView, startAutoPlay:Bool = true, repeatAfterEnd:Bool = true) { self.init() playerView = view autoPlay = startAutoPlay autoRepeatPlay = repeatAfterEnd if let playView = playerView{ if let playerLayer = playView.layer as? AVPlayerLayer { playerLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravity.resizeAspectFill } } initialSetupWithURL(url: urlAsset) prepareToPlay() } override init() { super.init() } // MARK: - Public func isPlaying() -> Bool { if let player = assetPlayer { return player.rate > 0 } else { return false } } func seekToPosition(seconds:Float64) { if let player = assetPlayer { pause() if let timeScale = player.currentItem?.asset.duration.timescale { player.seek(to: CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(seconds, timeScale), completionHandler: { (complete) in self.play() }) } } } func pause() { if let player = assetPlayer { player.pause() } } func play() { if let player = assetPlayer { if (player.currentItem?.status == .readyToPlay) { player.play() player.rate = playerRate } } } func cleanUp() { if let item = playerItem { item.removeObserver(self, forKeyPath: "status") item.removeObserver(self, forKeyPath: "loadedTimeRanges") } NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self) assetPlayer = nil playerItem = nil urlAsset = nil } // MARK: - Private private func prepareToPlay() { let keys = ["tracks"] if let asset = urlAsset { asset.loadValuesAsynchronously(forKeys: keys, completionHandler: { DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).async { // Bounce back to the main thread to update the UI DispatchQueue.main.async { self.startLoading() } } }) } } private func startLoading(){ var error:NSError? guard let asset = urlAsset else {return} // let status:AVKeyValueStatus = asset.statusOfValueForKey("tracks", error: &error) let status:AVKeyValueStatus = asset.statusOfValue(forKey: "tracks", error: nil) if status == AVKeyValueStatus.loaded { assetDuration = CMTimeGetSeconds(asset.duration) let videoOutputOptions = [kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String : Int(kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange)] videoOutput = AVPlayerItemVideoOutput(pixelBufferAttributes: videoOutputOptions) playerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset: asset) if let item = playerItem { item.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "status", options: .initial, context: videoContext) item.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "loadedTimeRanges", options: [.new, .old], context: videoContext) NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(playerItemDidReachEnd), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil) NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(didFailedToPlayToEnd), name:NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemFailedToPlayToEndTime, object: nil) if let output = videoOutput { item.add(output) item.audioTimePitchAlgorithm = AVAudioTimePitchAlgorithm.varispeed assetPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: item) if let player = assetPlayer { player.rate = playerRate } addPeriodicalObserver() if let playView = playerView, let layer = playView.layer as? AVPlayerLayer { layer.player = assetPlayer } } } } } private func addPeriodicalObserver() { let timeInterval = CMTimeMake(1, 1) if let player = assetPlayer { player.addPeriodicTimeObserver(forInterval: timeInterval, queue: DispatchQueue.main , using: { (time) in self.playerDidChangeTime(time: time) }) } } private func playerDidChangeTime(time:CMTime) { if let player = assetPlayer { let timeNow = CMTimeGetSeconds(player.currentTime()) let progress = timeNow / assetDuration delegate?.didUpdateProgress(progress: progress) } } @objc private func playerItemDidReachEnd() { delegate?.didFinishPlayItem() if let player = assetPlayer { player.seek(to: kCMTimeZero) if autoRepeatPlay == true { play() } } } @objc private func didFailedToPlayToEnd() { delegate?.didFailPlayToEnd() } private func playerDidChangeStatus(status:AVPlayerStatus) { if status == .failed { print("Failed to load video") } else if status == .readyToPlay, let player = assetPlayer { volume = player.volume delegate?.readyToPlay() if autoPlay == true && player.rate == 0.0 { play() } } } private func moviewPlayerLoadedTimeRangeDidUpdated(ranges:Array<NSValue>) { var maximum:TimeInterval = 0 for value in ranges { let range:CMTimeRange = value.timeRangeValue let currentLoadedTimeRange = CMTimeGetSeconds(range.start) + CMTimeGetSeconds(range.duration) if currentLoadedTimeRange > maximum { maximum = currentLoadedTimeRange } } let progress:Double = assetDuration == 0 ? 0.0 : Double(maximum) / assetDuration delegate?.downloadedProgress(progress: progress) } deinit { cleanUp() } private func initialSetupWithURL(url:NSURL) { let options = [AVURLAssetPreferPreciseDurationAndTimingKey : true] // urlAsset = AVURLAsset(URL: url, options: options) urlAsset = AVURLAsset(url: url as URL, options: options) } // MARK: - Observations override func observeValue(forKeyPath keyPath: String?, of object: Any?, change: [NSKeyValueChangeKey : Any]?, context: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?){ if (context as? UnsafeMutablePointer<Void> ) == videoContext { if let key = keyPath { if key == "status", let player = assetPlayer { playerDidChangeStatus(status: player.status) } else if key == "loadedTimeRanges", let item = playerItem { moviewPlayerLoadedTimeRangeDidUpdated(ranges: item.loadedTimeRanges) } } } } } 

3. and the PlayerView class for creating video vision:

     import AVFoundation import UIKit class PlayerView: UIView { override class var layerClass: AnyClass { get { return AVPlayerLayer.self } } var player:AVPlayer? { set { if let layer = layer as? AVPlayerLayer { layer.player = player } } get { if let layer = layer as? AVPlayerLayer { return layer.player } else { return nil } } } } 

Answer 6

GBK solution in Swift 3

Playerview

 import AVFoundation import UIKit class PlayerView: UIView { override class var layerClass: AnyClass { return AVPlayerLayer.self } var player:AVPlayer? { set { if let layer = layer as? AVPlayerLayer { layer.player = player } } get { if let layer = layer as? AVPlayerLayer { return layer.player } else { return nil } } } } 

Video player

 import AVFoundation import Foundation protocol VideoPlayerDelegate { func downloadedProgress(progress:Double) func readyToPlay() func didUpdateProgress(progress:Double) func didFinishPlayItem() func didFailPlayToEnd() } let videoContext:UnsafeMutableRawPointer? = nil class VideoPlayer : NSObject { private var assetPlayer:AVPlayer? private var playerItem:AVPlayerItem? private var urlAsset:AVURLAsset? private var videoOutput:AVPlayerItemVideoOutput? private var assetDuration:Double = 0 private var playerView:PlayerView? private var autoRepeatPlay:Bool = true private var autoPlay:Bool = true var delegate:VideoPlayerDelegate? var playerRate:Float = 1 { didSet { if let player = assetPlayer { player.rate = playerRate > 0 ? playerRate : 0.0 } } } var volume:Float = 1.0 { didSet { if let player = assetPlayer { player.volume = volume > 0 ? volume : 0.0 } } } // MARK: - Init convenience init(urlAsset: URL, view:PlayerView, startAutoPlay:Bool = true, repeatAfterEnd:Bool = true) { self.init() playerView = view autoPlay = startAutoPlay autoRepeatPlay = repeatAfterEnd if let playView = playerView, let playerLayer = playView.layer as? AVPlayerLayer { playerLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill } initialSetupWithURL(url: urlAsset) prepareToPlay() } override init() { super.init() } // MARK: - Public func isPlaying() -> Bool { if let player = assetPlayer { return player.rate > 0 } else { return false } } func seekToPosition(seconds:Float64) { if let player = assetPlayer { pause() if let timeScale = player.currentItem?.asset.duration.timescale { player.seek(to: CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(seconds, timeScale), completionHandler: { (complete) in self.play() }) } } } func pause() { if let player = assetPlayer { player.pause() } } func play() { if let player = assetPlayer { if (player.currentItem?.status == .readyToPlay) { player.play() player.rate = playerRate } } } func cleanUp() { if let item = playerItem { item.removeObserver(self, forKeyPath: "status") item.removeObserver(self, forKeyPath: "loadedTimeRanges") } NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self) assetPlayer = nil playerItem = nil urlAsset = nil } // MARK: - Private private func prepareToPlay() { let keys = ["tracks"] if let asset = urlAsset { asset.loadValuesAsynchronously(forKeys: keys, completionHandler: { DispatchQueue.main.async { self.startLoading() } }) } } private func startLoading(){ var error:NSError? guard let asset = urlAsset else {return} let status:AVKeyValueStatus = asset.statusOfValue(forKey: "tracks", error: &error) if status == AVKeyValueStatus.loaded { assetDuration = CMTimeGetSeconds(asset.duration) let videoOutputOptions = [kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String : Int(kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange)] videoOutput = AVPlayerItemVideoOutput(pixelBufferAttributes: videoOutputOptions) playerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset: asset) if let item = playerItem { item.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "status", options: .initial, context: videoContext) item.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "loadedTimeRanges", options: [.new, .old], context: videoContext) NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(playerItemDidReachEnd), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: nil) NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(didFailedToPlayToEnd), name: NSNotification.Name.AVPlayerItemFailedToPlayToEndTime, object: nil) if let output = videoOutput { item.add(output) item.audioTimePitchAlgorithm = AVAudioTimePitchAlgorithmVarispeed assetPlayer = AVPlayer(playerItem: item) if let player = assetPlayer { player.rate = playerRate } addPeriodicalObserver() if let playView = playerView, let layer = playView.layer as? AVPlayerLayer { layer.player = assetPlayer print("player created") } } } } } private func addPeriodicalObserver() { let timeInterval = CMTimeMake(1, 1) if let player = assetPlayer { player.addPeriodicTimeObserver(forInterval: timeInterval, queue: DispatchQueue.main, using: { (time) in self.playerDidChangeTime(time: time) }) } } private func playerDidChangeTime(time:CMTime) { if let player = assetPlayer { let timeNow = CMTimeGetSeconds(player.currentTime()) let progress = timeNow / assetDuration delegate?.didUpdateProgress(progress: progress) } } @objc private func playerItemDidReachEnd() { delegate?.didFinishPlayItem() if let player = assetPlayer { player.seek(to: kCMTimeZero) if autoRepeatPlay == true { play() } } } @objc private func didFailedToPlayToEnd() { delegate?.didFailPlayToEnd() } private func playerDidChangeStatus(status:AVPlayerStatus) { if status == .failed { print("Failed to load video") } else if status == .readyToPlay, let player = assetPlayer { volume = player.volume delegate?.readyToPlay() if autoPlay == true && player.rate == 0.0 { play() } } } private func moviewPlayerLoadedTimeRangeDidUpdated(ranges:Array<NSValue>) { var maximum:TimeInterval = 0 for value in ranges { let range:CMTimeRange = value.timeRangeValue let currentLoadedTimeRange = CMTimeGetSeconds(range.start) + CMTimeGetSeconds(range.duration) if currentLoadedTimeRange > maximum { maximum = currentLoadedTimeRange } } let progress:Double = assetDuration == 0 ? 0.0 : Double(maximum) / assetDuration delegate?.downloadedProgress(progress: progress) } deinit { cleanUp() } private func initialSetupWithURL(url: URL) { let options = [AVURLAssetPreferPreciseDurationAndTimingKey : true] urlAsset = AVURLAsset(url: url, options: options) } // MARK: - Observations override func observeValue(forKeyPath keyPath: String?, of object: Any?, change: [NSKeyValueChangeKey : Any]?, context: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) { if context == videoContext { if let key = keyPath { if key == "status", let player = assetPlayer { playerDidChangeStatus(status: player.status) } else if key == "loadedTimeRanges", let item = playerItem { moviewPlayerLoadedTimeRangeDidUpdated(ranges: item.loadedTimeRanges) } } } } } 

Answer 7

PlayerView Swift 4.2

 import AVFoundation import UIKit class PlayerView: UIView { var player: AVPlayer? { get { return playerLayer.player } set { playerLayer.player = newValue } } var playerLayer: AVPlayerLayer { return layer as! AVPlayerLayer } // Override UIView property override static var layerClass: AnyClass { return AVPlayerLayer.self } } 

Answer 8

Swift 5 Local Video Player

Apple,

 import UIKit import AVKit class ViewController: UIViewController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() //TODO : Make Sure Add and copy "SampleVideo.mp4" file in project before play } @IBAction func playLocalVideo(_ sender: Any) { guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "SampleVideo", ofType: "mp4") else { return } let videoURL = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: path) // Create an AVPlayer, passing it the local video url path let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL as URL) let controller = AVPlayerViewController() controller.player = player present(controller, animated: true) { player.play() } } } 

PS: , "SampleVideo.mp4"