HLS && .m3u8in iOS 10

Question

I am trying to get a .m3u8 video stream to play within my app. I am programming in Swift for iOS 9 and 10.

Here is what I got so far:

import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
import DynamicBlurView

class VideoPlayerViewController: AVPlayerViewController {

    var urlString: String!
    let blurView = DynamicBlurView()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        streamVideo()
    }

    func streamVideo() {
        blurView.frame = view.frame
        UIView.showProgressView(on: view, blurView: blurView)

        let url = URL(string: urlString!)
        let item = AVPlayerItem(url: url!)
        player = AVPlayer(playerItem: item)

        UIView.hideProgressView(on: view, blurView: blurView)
        player?.play()
    }
}

This should be simple, but I am getting errors and crashes all over the place.

This is the error I am getting:

Error Domain=AVFoundationErrorDomain Code=-11800 "The operation could not be completed" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=The operation could not be completed, NSUnderlyingError=0x7b5b6810 {Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-12782 "(null)"}, NSLocalizedFailureReason=An unknown error occurred (-12782)}

Please help me!

EDIT:

Tried this suggestion with no luck. the app still crashes. The crash brings me to the AppDelegate if that info helps anyone.

import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation
import DynamicBlurView

class VideoPlayerViewController: AVPlayerViewController {

    var urlString: String!
    let blurView = DynamicBlurView()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        streamVideo()
    }

    func streamVideo() {
        blurView.frame = view.frame
        UIView.showProgressView(on: view, blurView: blurView)

        let sampleURL = "https://devimages.apple.com.edgekey.net/streaming/examples/bipbop_4x3/bipbop_4x3_variant.m3u8"

        guard let url = URL(string: sampleURL) else { return }
        let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: url)
        player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
        player?.play()

        UIView.hideProgressView(on: view, blurView: blurView)
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '17 at 08:02

You should make sure your URL provides a valid HLS source.

import UIKit
import AVKit
import AVFoundation

class myAVPlayerViewController: AVPlayerViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // custom HLS
        // http://localhost:3000/assets/videos/iframe_index.m3u8
        // apple HLS example
        // https://devimages.apple.com.edgekey.net/streaming/examples/bipbop_4x3/bipbop_4x3_variant.m3u8

        guard let url = URL(string: "https://devimages.apple.com.edgekey.net/streaming/examples/bipbop_4x3/bipbop_4x3_variant.m3u8") else { return }
        let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(url: url)
        player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
        player?.play()
    }
}

Also, remember to set the NSAllowsArbitraryLoads key to YES under NSAppTransportSecurity dictionary in your Info.plist.

HLS && .m3u8in iOS 10

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