How Can i Get the List of all Video files from Library in ios sdk

Question

Hi I'm working On videos , i would like get the list of video files from library to Display and playing the Videos in my app. can any one help me.

Answer 1

In swift 4.0 this is how i used fetchAsset() method from Photos framework , to get all videos from photo library.

You can also get the video from specific folder using predicate.

   func fetchAllVideos()
{
    //let albumName = "blah"
    let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
    //        fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", albumName)
    //uncomment this if you want video from custom folder
    fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "mediaType = %d ", PHAssetMediaType.video.rawValue )

    let allVideo = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: .video, options: fetchOptions)
    allVideo.enumerateObjects { (asset, index, bool) in
        // videoAssets.append(asset)
        let imageManager = PHCachingImageManager()
        imageManager.requestAVAsset(forVideo: asset, options: nil, resultHandler: { (asset, audioMix, info) in
            if asset != nil {
                let avasset = asset as! AVURLAsset
                let urlVideo = avasset.url
                print(urlVideo)

            }
        })

    }

}

Answer 2

Checkout the blog post to fetch all video assets using Photos Framework http://iavinashkashyap.blogspot.in/2016/11/get-list-of-all-videos.html

Code:

-(void) getAllVideoAssets{

NSMutableArray *assets = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
//Fetch all video assets from Photos
PHFetchResult *assetResults = [PHAsset fetchAssetsWithMediaType:PHAssetMediaTypeVideo options:nil];
//get all assets
for (PHAsset *asset in assetResults){
    NSLog(@"asset type = %zd", asset.mediaType);
    [assets addObject:asset];
}
self.allVideoslistArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
//create an instance of PHImageManager
PHImageManager *manager = [PHImageManager defaultManager];
for(PHAsset *asset in assets){
    //block of code for represent video assets
    [manager requestAVAssetForVideo:asset options:nil resultHandler:^(AVAsset * _Nullable asset, AVAudioMix * _Nullable audioMix, NSDictionary * _Nullable info) {
        if ([asset isKindOfClass:[AVURLAsset class]]) {
            NSURL *url = (NSURL *)[[(AVURLAsset *)asset URL] fileReferenceURL];
            UIImage *thumbnail = [self createThunbnailImage:url];
            [self.allVideoslistArray addObject:@{@"VideoUrl":url,@"ThumbnailImage":thumbnail, @"VideoAsset":asset}];
        }
    }];
}//end for loop

}

Answer 3

Get List of all Video and Thumbnails

Thanks to @Nikhil , who shared info here, it helped me, but still it required couple of hours to make the code executable as he is missing few things in his answer

So I would like to share my full working code

1.just add frameworks AssetsLibrary, AVFoundation and MediaPlayer.

2.AssetBrowserItem.h and AssetBrowserItem.m here

3.use below code to get list of all videos from ios device lib

4.run app and see Log for videos details

#import "HomeViewController.h"
#import <AssetsLibrary/AssetsLibrary.h>
#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import "AssetBrowserItem.h"


@interface HomeViewController ()

@property (nonatomic, strong) ALAssetsLibrary *assetsLibrary;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSURL *videoURL;
@property (nonatomic, strong) MPMoviePlayerController *mpVideoPlayer;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *videoURLArray;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *assetItems;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableDictionary *dic;

@end

@implementation HomeViewController

@synthesize assetsLibrary, assetItems,dic;
@synthesize videoURL,videoURLArray, mpVideoPlayer;

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}


#pragma mark - Show Video List Methods

- (IBAction)showVideoList:(id)sender
{
    [self buildAssetsLibrary];
}

- (void)buildAssetsLibrary
{
    assetsLibrary = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
    ALAssetsLibrary *notificationSender = nil;

    videoURLArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

    NSString *minimumSystemVersion = @"4.1";
    NSString *systemVersion = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
    if ([systemVersion compare:minimumSystemVersion options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)
        notificationSender = assetsLibrary;

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(assetsLibraryDidChange:) name:ALAssetsLibraryChangedNotification object:notificationSender];
    [self updateAssetsLibrary];
}

- (void)assetsLibraryDidChange:(NSNotification*)changeNotification
{
    [self updateAssetsLibrary];
}

- (void)updateAssetsLibrary
{
    assetItems = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:0];
    ALAssetsLibrary *assetLibrary = assetsLibrary;

    [assetLibrary enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupAll usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop)
    {
        if (group)
        {
            [group setAssetsFilter:[ALAssetsFilter allVideos]];
            [group enumerateAssetsUsingBlock:^(ALAsset *asset, NSUInteger index, BOOL *stop)
             {
                 if (asset)
                 {
                     dic = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
                     ALAssetRepresentation *defaultRepresentation = [asset defaultRepresentation];
                     NSString *uti = [defaultRepresentation UTI];
                     videoURL = [[asset valueForProperty:ALAssetPropertyURLs] valueForKey:uti];

                     mpVideoPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];

                     NSString *title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %lu", NSLocalizedString(@"Video", nil), [assetItems count]+1];

                     [self performSelector:@selector(imageFromVideoURL)];
                     [dic setValue:title forKey:@"VideoTitle"];//kName
                     [dic setValue:videoURL forKey:@"VideoUrl"];//kURL

                     AssetBrowserItem *item = [[AssetBrowserItem alloc] initWithURL:videoURL title:title];
                     [assetItems addObject:item];
                     [videoURLArray addObject:dic];

                     NSLog(@"Video has info:%@",videoURLArray);
                 }
                 NSLog(@"Values of dictonary==>%@", dic);

                 //NSLog(@"assetItems:%@",assetItems);
                 NSLog(@"Videos Are:%@",videoURLArray);
             } ];
        }
        // group == nil signals we are done iterating.
        else
        {
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                //[self updateBrowserItemsAndSignalDelegate:assetItems];
//                loadImgView.hidden = NO;
//                [spinner stopAnimating];
//                [loadImgView removeFromSuperview];
                //selectVideoBtn .userInteractionEnabled = YES;
            });
        }
    }
                              failureBlock:^(NSError *error)
    {
        NSLog(@"error enumerating AssetLibrary groups %@\n", error);
    }];
}

- (UIImage *)imageFromVideoURL
{

    UIImage *image = nil;
    AVAsset *asset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:videoURL options:nil];;
    AVAssetImageGenerator *imageGenerator = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
    imageGenerator.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = YES;

    // calc midpoint time of video
    Float64 durationSeconds = CMTimeGetSeconds([asset duration]);
    CMTime midpoint = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(durationSeconds/2.0, 600);

    // get the image from
    NSError *error = nil;
    CMTime actualTime;
    CGImageRef halfWayImage = [imageGenerator copyCGImageAtTime:midpoint actualTime:&actualTime error:&error];

    if (halfWayImage != NULL)
    {
        // cgimage to uiimage
        image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:halfWayImage];
        [dic setValue:image forKey:@"ImageThumbnail"];//kImage
        NSLog(@"Values of dictonary==>%@", dic);
        NSLog(@"Videos Are:%@",videoURLArray);
        CGImageRelease(halfWayImage);
    }
    return image;
}

@end

Answer 4

allVideos = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
ALAssetsLibrary *assetLibrary = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];

[assetLibrary enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupAll usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop)
 {
     if (group)
     {
         [group setAssetsFilter:[ALAssetsFilter allVideos]];
         [group enumerateAssetsUsingBlock:^(ALAsset *asset, NSUInteger index, BOOL *stop)
          {
              if (asset)
              {
                  dic = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
                  ALAssetRepresentation *defaultRepresentation = [asset defaultRepresentation];
                  NSString *uti = [defaultRepresentation UTI];
                  NSURL  *videoURL = [[asset valueForProperty:ALAssetPropertyURLs] valueForKey:uti];
                  NSString *title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"video %d", arc4random()%100];
                  UIImage *image = [self imageFromVideoURL:videoURL];
                  [dic setValue:image forKey:@"image"];
                  [dic setValue:title forKey:@"name"];
                  [dic setValue:videoURL forKey:@"url"];
                  [allVideos addObject:dic];
              }
          }];
     else
     {
     }
 }
  failureBlock:^(NSError *error)
 {
     NSLog(@"error enumerating AssetLibrary groups %@\n", error);
 }];

Answer 5

Please refer below link. It may be helpful to you

http://www.raywenderlich.com/13418/how-to-play-record-edit-videos-in-ios
Good luck !!!

Answer 6

use this method To pick videos From Library.

      //Call this method.
     [self startMediaBrowserFromViewController: self usingDelegate: self];


   - (BOOL) startMediaBrowserFromViewController: (UIViewController*) controller usingDelegate: (id <UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate>) delegate{

       if (([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable: UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum] == NO) || (delegate == nil) || (controller == nil))
           return NO;

       UIImagePickerController *mediaUI = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
       mediaUI.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum;

       mediaUI.mediaTypes = [[[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects: (NSString *) kUTTypeMovie, nil] autorelease];
       mediaUI.allowsEditing = YES;
       mediaUI.delegate = self;
       mediaUI.videoMaximumDuration = 60.0;
       //mediaUI.videoQuality = UIImagePickerControllerQualityTypeLow;

       [controller presentModalViewController: mediaUI animated: YES];
       return YES;
   }

Answer 7

It will open photo library and only display the movie type content.

#import <MobileCoreServices/MobileCoreServices.h>

UIImagePickerController *imagePicker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
imagePicker.delegate = self;
imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;
imagePicker.mediaTypes = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:(NSString *)kUTTypeMovie, nil];
[self presentModalViewController:imagePicker animated:YES];