How to play video in ios swift

Question

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()
    }
}

AVPlayer can't stream Youtube-Videos, see this answers https://stackoverflow.com/a/34709948/1518174 — Matz, Jul 28 '17 at 07:02
in youtube is based on working in iframe , you cant play in avplayer. use webview or youtubeplayer — Anbu.Karthik, Jul 28 '17 at 07:02
not only youtube videos other video links also i am not able to play,i changed link — skyshine, Jul 28 '17 at 07:05
canyou show some example, check your apptransport sceuirty blocked or not — Anbu.Karthik, Jul 28 '17 at 07:10

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '17 at 05:09

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()
        }


    }

Ivan Skrobot · Answer 2 · 2017-07-28T08:57:44.973

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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.

edited Jul 28 '17 at 08:57

answered Jul 28 '17 at 08:51

Ivan Skrobot

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Berlin · Answer 3 · 2017-07-28T09:38:49.613

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

local file i can play,but my streaming url has different extension for example 192.179.10.11/content/song1.apa but actual file is song1.mp4 — skyshine, Jul 28 '17 at 09:38

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 28 '17 at 07:50

0

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()
    }

answered Jul 28 '17 at 07:50

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my streaming video url link extension is different for example song1.apa but actual format is song1.mp4 – skyshine Jul 28 '17 at 09:41
song1.apa ?? never heard of .apa extension – harshal jadhav Jul 28 '17 at 09:46
song1.app but my file is mp4 only if i give that link to android players those are working – skyshine Jul 28 '17 at 10:15
is there any restriction that file format should match actual mime type in ios – skyshine Jul 28 '17 at 10:15
if your file is mp4 why the url returns song.apa – harshal jadhav Jul 28 '17 at 10:39

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 28 '17 at 12:17

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)
}

Hardik Thakkar · Answer 6 · 2017-11-01T11:13:21.463

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
    }

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 27 '19 at 12:22

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()
    }
}

}

How to play video in ios swift

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