IOS 8 Swift AVAudioPlayer play remote audio (wowza server)

Question

I am not an IOS programmer but I need a simple app to play an audio stream from a wowza server. Here is my code, I get no errors but also no audio. Any guidances or help?

    import UIKit
    import AVFoundation

    class ViewController: UIViewController {

         var player = AVAudioPlayer()

        override func viewDidLoad() {
            super.viewDidLoad()

            var fileURL: NSURL = NSURL(string: "http://url----.com/playlist.m3u8")

            var error:NSError?
            player = AVAudioPlayer(contentsOfURL: fileURL, error: &error)

            if player.prepareToPlay() && player.play(){
                println("yes")
            } else {
                println("no")
            }
        }

@Raptor AVAudioPlayer not support streaming. For live streaming use AVPlayer — Ramesh, Sep 18 '14 at 03:59

score 28 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '14 at 14:15

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This worked for me:

var player = AVPlayer()

func configureView() {

    let url = "http://stream.your.url.com"
    let playerItem = AVPlayerItem( URL:NSURL( string:url ) )
    player = AVPlayer(playerItem:playerItem)
    player.rate = 1.0;
    player.play()

}

answered Nov 28 '14 at 14:15

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it also works if you create 'AVPlayer' directly with url like this: 'avPlayer = AVPlayer(URL: nsUrl)' Only thing you should do is create avPlayer as instance variable if you create avPlayer as local variable it is not working for me. – Aks Apr 14 '15 at 07:16
Nice! After I've created AVPlayer as instance variable it started to play! – Alex Nov 27 '16 at 13:30
if my url is correct and internet is available, does `avPlayer.play()` guarantees that my audio will play?. is there any try catch to know if play() was successfull or not ? – Awais Fayyaz Oct 23 '18 at 14:00
Also, it does play with a little delay. How can i show some loading indicator in that time? – Awais Fayyaz Oct 23 '18 at 14:03
This does not work in iOS 14.5 / Swift 5.2+ – FontFamily May 11 '21 at 22:07

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 03 '16 at 18:18

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In Swift 2.0 and iOS 9

do {
    let url = "http://yourdomain.com/file.mp3"
    let fileURL = NSURL(string:url)
    let soundData = NSData(contentsOfURL:fileURL!)
    self.audioPlayer = try AVAudioPlayer(data: soundData!)
    audioPlayer.prepareToPlay()
    audioPlayer.volume = 1.0
    audioPlayer.delegate = self
    audioPlayer.play()
} catch {
    print("Error getting the audio file")
}

edited Feb 03 '16 at 18:18

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answered Dec 25 '15 at 18:33

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score 7 · Answer 3 · edited May 12 '21 at 17:16

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This anwser helped me: AVAudioPlayer with external URL to *.m4p

I had to convert thr URL to NSData:

func musicFromURL(streamURL: String) {
    guard let fileURL = URL(string:streamURL) else { return  }
    do {
        let soundData = try Data(contentsOf: fileURL)
        self.audioPlayer = try AVAudioPlayer(data: soundData)
        guard let audioPlayer = audioPlayer else { return }
        audioPlayer.prepareToPlay()
        audioPlayer.volume = 1.0
        audioPlayer.play()
    } catch {
        print(error)
    }
}

edited May 12 '21 at 17:16

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answered Oct 03 '14 at 22:58

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Keep in mind this option involves downloading the mp3 and then playing it. With AVPlayer you can actually stream it. – Dylan Reich Jun 17 '15 at 17:34
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This is the only answer that has worked for me for Swift 5 / iOS 14. The code above does have issues and I have made some revisions to make it compatible with iOS 14. The main issue with the edits is that it is still not an asynchronous solution, so there will be a delay before the audio plays. – FontFamily May 11 '21 at 22:05
@FontFamily this solution fully downloads the file before playing. Keep it in mind. AvPlayer can stream the file downloading only part of the file to play. This will speed up the playback dramatically depending on the audio file size. – atereshkov Nov 30 '21 at 06:06

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 26 '15 at 13:08

Please keep in mind since iOS 9: App Transport Security (ATS) configured?

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
   <key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
   <dict>
      <key>yourserver.com</key>
      <dict>
         <!--Include to allow subdomains-->
         <key>NSIncludesSubdomains</key>
         <true/>
         <!--Include to allow HTTP requests-->
         <key>NSTemporaryExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
         <true/>
         <!--Include to specify minimum TLS version-->
         <key>NSTemporaryExceptionMinimumTLSVersion</key>
         <string>TLSv1.1</string>
      </dict>
   </dict>
</dict>

Swift 2:

let url = "http://yourserver.com/source.mp3"
    let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(URL:NSURL(string:url)!)
    audio = AVPlayer(playerItem:playerItem)
    audio.rate = 1.0;
    audio.play()

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 18 '14 at 01:54

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To check for error in Swift, use:

if let errorDetails = error {
    println("Error creating player: \(errorDetails.localizedDescription)")
} else {
    if player.prepareToPlay() && player.play(){
        println("yes")
    } else {
        println("no")
    }
}

answered Sep 18 '14 at 01:54

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Error creating player: The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error 2003334207.). – David Turton Sep 18 '14 at 02:14
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the error `2003334207` means `AVAudioPlayer` requires a local file. Download it from Internet & save it to local before playing it. Hint: use `writeToFile` – Raptor Sep 18 '14 at 02:21

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 18 '14 at 04:32

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use AVPlayer:

var player:AVPlayer!
var steamingURL:NSURL = NSURL(string:playerURL)
player = AVPlayer(URL: steamingURL)
player.play()

answered Sep 18 '14 at 04:32

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@DavidTurton But this code is working well in my current project. So try it once again – Ramesh Sep 18 '14 at 13:55
Could you show me where you are initiating the variable playerURL, maybe I am doing something wrong? – David Turton Sep 18 '14 at 15:14
Tried this as well and is not working for streaming a file, any other suggestions? – danielsalare Sep 26 '14 at 23:48
@edse test with device – Ramesh Sep 29 '14 at 08:20
I importes Avfoundation and tested on an iPhone but doesnt play audio. I've checkins that the device is not in silent mode as well. – danielsalare Sep 29 '14 at 12:36
@edse Can u test the url that contain audio file. – Ramesh Sep 29 '14 at 12:53
@Ramesh someone else had posted this url, i have tried with this one and still no luck. http://megdadhashem.wapego.ru/files/56727/tubidy_mp3_e2afc5.mp3 – danielsalare Sep 29 '14 at 16:02

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 13 '18 at 07:02

//Create AVPlayer Instance in globally

var avPlayer:AVPlayer!


override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    let urlString = "https://www.soundhelix.com/examples/mp3/SoundHelix-Song-1.mp3"
    let url = NSURL(string: urlString)!
    avPlayer = AVPlayer(url: url as URL)

    print("About to play...")
    avPlayer.play()
   print("isplaying")
}

IOS 8 Swift AVAudioPlayer play remote audio (wowza server)

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