Downloading large files

Question

I am currently developing a application which has to be able to show offline videos which need to be downloaded first.

The problem was that these videos can be bigger that the memory that I can allocate to my application. So parts that are downloaded have to be saved immediately instead of saved in a NSData object. I'm hearing conflicting stories on whether or not RESTKit should work, and ASIHTTPRequest seems to be deprecated.

I will follow the suggestion from this thread as it seems to be the best option.

NSURLConnection download large file (>40MB)

Ok thanks for giving the notification, I'll remember. – Daan Luttik Aug 09 '13 at 08:26 — Daan Luttik, Aug 09 '13 at 08:26

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 08 '13 at 14:51

3

Consider using NSURLConnection to download the video file and write the data directly to a file (NSFileHandle).

One advantage of using this method is that the NSURLConnection didReceiveData delegate method is continuously called as data is received, so you can update a progress bar.

answered Aug 08 '13 at 14:51

Marcus Adams

53,009
9
91
143

This seems like the most viable option... I'll try it later today. (don't worry if it works ill accept you answer. – Daan Luttik Aug 08 '13 at 15:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '13 at 14:34

0

Check out AFNetworking for network managing. I am not sure if they have video downloading, but the framework works great for images and other types of downloads that I have down before.

answered Aug 08 '13 at 14:34

Jsdodgers

5,253
2
20
36

carlossless · Answer 3 · 2013-08-08T14:41:49.917

0

Without explaining all the hasle with dealing with HTTP responses by chunks and streams I would recommend using AFDownloadRequestOperation. It supports resuming downloads and has callbacks for showing download progress. I love it and use it in most of my projects.

P.S. It uses AFNetworking, which is a great framework for making all kinds of HTTP requests.

edited Aug 08 '13 at 14:41

answered Aug 08 '13 at 14:34

carlossless

1,171
8
23

Do you happen to have a cocoapod file for this... I can't get it to work and reconfiguring the workspace is such a hassle. – Daan Luttik Aug 08 '13 at 15:06

Downloading large files

3 Answers3