How to get video size for HLS stream inside AVPlayer?

Question

I am trying to get video resolution when playing hls stream. I have typical player init:

let urlAsset = AVURLAsset(URL: currentVideoUrl)
 self.player=AVPlayer(playerItem: AVPlayerItem(asset:urlAsset))
 .......

I use KVO and i try to get video size when i get .ReadyToPlay status for AVPlayerItem:

    func resolutionSizeForVideo() {

    guard let videoTrack = self.player.currentItem?.asset.tracksWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo).first else
    { return
    }

    let size = CGSizeApplyAffineTransform(videoTrack.naturalSize, videoTrack.preferredTransform)
    let frameSize = CGSize(width: fabs(size.width), height: fabs(size.height))
    print ("video size: \(frameSize)")

}

The problem is that tracksWithMediaType() always returns empty array (but works for non-stream files, e.g. for .mov).

How can i get size (CGRect) of the HLS video playing inside AVPlayer?

What do you mean by size? The actual resolution of the video, or the rect of the player layer? — JAL, Jun 30 '16 at 13:20

score 15 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 21 '20 at 11:31

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Are you able to log at least the video info using this method?

extension AVAsset{
    func videoSize()->CGSize{
        let tracks = self.tracks(withMediaType: AVMediaType.video)
        if (tracks.count > 0){
            let videoTrack = tracks[0]
            let size = videoTrack.naturalSize
            let txf = videoTrack.preferredTransform
            let realVidSize = size.applying(txf)
            print(videoTrack)
            print(txf)
            print(size)
            print(realVidSize)
            return realVidSize
        }
        return CGSize(width: 0, height: 0)
    }

}

let videoAssetSource = AVAsset.init(URL: videoURL)
print("size:",videoAssetSource.videoSize())

edited Apr 21 '20 at 11:31

johndpope

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answered Jul 05 '16 at 03:38

Edison

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The value returned for tracksWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo) on an m3u8 asset will be an empty array, so this code would result in an index out of bounds exception. – FateNuller Oct 14 '16 at 17:29
For HLS this let tracks = self.tracks(withMediaType: AVMediaType.video) will be an empty array. – MGY Jun 18 '20 at 12:59

Max · Answer 2 · 2016-06-30T13:04:57.450

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Tracks will always return nil when using HLS. If you have a UIView subclass that overrides its layerClass with an AVPlayerLayer for playing the video you can get the size with

playerView.layer.videoRect

This is the size of just the video and not the entire layer.

Alternatively you can use KVO to observe the presentationSize of the item

player.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "currentItem.presentationSize", options: [.Initial, .New], context: nil)

edited Jun 30 '16 at 13:04

answered Jun 30 '16 at 12:53

Max

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I tried with KVO (presentationSize) before and it didn't return video resolution. – DixieFlatline Jul 01 '16 at 11:55
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You can use player.currentItem.presentationSize getter any time, KVO is just for convenience. This will give you the resolution. Output from this command in a periodic observer is `print(self?.mediaPlayer?.currentItem?.presentationSize)` --> `Optional((853.333312988281, 480.0)) ` – Max Jul 01 '16 at 13:14
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Made a comment saying that presentationSize was not the native size of the asset and that it was actually the size of the video in the player, but that doesn't seem correct. In my app the size that continues to get printed out is 1280x720 even when switching between landscape and portrait. Removed that previous comment since it was technically incorrect. – FateNuller Oct 14 '16 at 17:41
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Just wanted to point something here - a KVO on `currentItem.presentationSize` is the correct way to do it , but it could still return `CGSizeZero` if the player item is NOT ready to play. – Anjan Biswas May 04 '18 at 18:05
This doesn't provide access prior to display. – ScottyBlades Mar 26 '21 at 00:25

ScottyBlades · Answer 3 · 2021-03-26T01:43:04.657

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You can concisely make it as so:

import AVKit

extension AVAsset {

    var videoSize: CGSize? {
        tracks(withMediaType: .video).first.flatMap {
            tracks.count > 0 ? $0.naturalSize.applying($0.preferredTransform) : nil
        }
    }
}

edited Mar 26 '21 at 01:43

answered Mar 26 '21 at 00:23

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How to get video size for HLS stream inside AVPlayer?

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