how to trim a video in swift for a particular time

Question

I am working on a task in which I have to trim the recorded video from particular start point to particular end point as entered or selected by user. How am I supposed to do that. As I used UIVideoEditorController before but I don't want to use the default view and I want to trim the video directly.

let FinalUrlTosave = NSURL(string: "\(newURL)")
    exportSession!.outputURL=FinalUrlTosave
    exportSession!.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = true
    // exportSession.outputFileType = AVFileTypeQuickTimeMovie
    exportSession!.outputFileType = AVFileTypeQuickTimeMovie;
    let start:CMTime
    let duration:CMTime
    var st = starttime.doubleValue
    var ed = endTime.doubleValue
    start = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(st, 600)
    duration = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(ed, 600)
    // let timeRangeForCurrentSlice = CMTimeRangeMake(start, duration)
    let range = CMTimeRangeMake(start, duration);
    exportSession!.timeRange = range

       exportSession!.exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler({
        switch exportSession!.status{
        case  AVAssetExportSessionStatus.Failed:

            print("failed \(exportSession!.error)")
        case AVAssetExportSessionStatus.Cancelled:
            print("cancelled \(exportSession!.error)")
        default:
            print("complete....complete")
            //                self.SaveVideoToPhotoLibrary(destinationURL1!)

        }
    })

I am trying to achieve my goal using this but not succeeding.

Error message:

failed Optional(Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1100 "The requested URL was not found on this server." UserInfo={NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/E68D3BFD-6923-4EA6-9FB3-C020CE4AA9D4/Documents/moment/jGq_9AUFa47s2ZiiPP4x.mp4, NSErrorFailingURLKey=file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/E68D3BFD-6923-4EA6-9FB3-C020CE4AA9D4/Documents/moment/jGq_9AUFa47s2ZiiPP4x.mp4, NSLocalizedDescription=The requested URL was not found on this server., NSUnderlyingError=0x1553c220 {Error Domain=N

Error occured second time:

failed Optional(Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-3000 "Cannot create file" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x14e00000 {Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-12124 "(null)"}, NSLocalizedDescription=Cannot create file})

Answer 1

I found my solution using this method and it works like a charm....

func cropVideo(sourceURL1: NSURL, statTime:Float, endTime:Float)
{
    let manager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
    
    guard let documentDirectory = try? manager.URLForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomain: .UserDomainMask, appropriateForURL: nil, create: true) else {return}
    guard let mediaType = "mp4" as? String else {return}
    guard let url = sourceURL1 as? NSURL else {return}
    
    if mediaType == kUTTypeMovie as String || mediaType == "mp4" as String {
        let asset = AVAsset(URL: url)
        let length = Float(asset.duration.value) / Float(asset.duration.timescale)
        print("video length: \(length) seconds")
        
        let start = statTime
        let end = endTime
        
        var outputURL = documentDirectory.URLByAppendingPathComponent("output")
        do {
            try manager.createDirectoryAtURL(outputURL, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
            let name = Moment.newName()
            outputURL = outputURL.URLByAppendingPathComponent("\(name).mp4")
        }catch let error {
            print(error)
        }
        
        //Remove existing file
        _ = try? manager.removeItemAtURL(outputURL)
        
        
        guard let exportSession = AVAssetExportSession(asset: asset, presetName: AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality) else {return}
        exportSession.outputURL = outputURL
        exportSession.outputFileType = AVFileTypeMPEG4
        
        let startTime = CMTime(seconds: Double(start ?? 0), preferredTimescale: 1000)
        let endTime = CMTime(seconds: Double(end ?? length), preferredTimescale: 1000)
        let timeRange = CMTimeRange(start: startTime, end: endTime)
        
        exportSession.timeRange = timeRange
        exportSession.exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler{
            switch exportSession.status {
            case .Completed:
                print("exported at \(outputURL)")
               self.saveVideoTimeline(outputURL)
            case .Failed:
                print("failed \(exportSession.error)")
                
            case .Cancelled:
                print("cancelled \(exportSession.error)")
                
            default: break
            }
        }
    }
}

Swift 5

    func cropVideo(sourceURL1: URL, statTime:Float, endTime:Float)
{
    let manager = FileManager.default

    guard let documentDirectory = try? manager.url(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: true) else {return}
    let mediaType = "mp4"
    if mediaType == kUTTypeMovie as String || mediaType == "mp4" as String {
        let asset = AVAsset(url: sourceURL1 as URL)
        let length = Float(asset.duration.value) / Float(asset.duration.timescale)
        print("video length: \(length) seconds")

        let start = statTime
        let end = endTime

        var outputURL = documentDirectory.appendingPathComponent("output")
        do {
            try manager.createDirectory(at: outputURL, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
            outputURL = outputURL.appendingPathComponent("\(UUID().uuidString).\(mediaType)")
        }catch let error {
            print(error)
        }

        //Remove existing file
        _ = try? manager.removeItem(at: outputURL)


        guard let exportSession = AVAssetExportSession(asset: asset, presetName: AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality) else {return}
        exportSession.outputURL = outputURL
        exportSession.outputFileType = .mp4

        let startTime = CMTime(seconds: Double(start ), preferredTimescale: 1000)
        let endTime = CMTime(seconds: Double(end ), preferredTimescale: 1000)
        let timeRange = CMTimeRange(start: startTime, end: endTime)

        exportSession.timeRange = timeRange
        exportSession.exportAsynchronously{
            switch exportSession.status {
            case .completed:
                print("exported at \(outputURL)")
            case .failed:
                print("failed \(exportSession.error)")

            case .cancelled:
                print("cancelled \(exportSession.error)")

            default: break
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

A swift4 version for this.

static func cropVideo(sourceURL: URL, startTime: Double, endTime: Double, completion: ((_ outputUrl: URL) -> Void)? = nil)
{
    let fileManager = FileManager.default
    let documentDirectory = fileManager.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)[0]

    let asset = AVAsset(url: sourceURL)
    let length = Float(asset.duration.value) / Float(asset.duration.timescale)
    print("video length: \(length) seconds")

    var outputURL = documentDirectory.appendingPathComponent("output")
    do {
        try fileManager.createDirectory(at: outputURL, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
        outputURL = outputURL.appendingPathComponent("\(sourceURL.lastPathComponent).mp4")
    }catch let error {
        print(error)
    }

    //Remove existing file
    try? fileManager.removeItem(at: outputURL)

    guard let exportSession = AVAssetExportSession(asset: asset, presetName: AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality) else { return }
    exportSession.outputURL = outputURL
    exportSession.outputFileType = .mp4

    let timeRange = CMTimeRange(start: CMTime(seconds: startTime, preferredTimescale: 1000),
                                end: CMTime(seconds: endTime, preferredTimescale: 1000))

    exportSession.timeRange = timeRange
    exportSession.exportAsynchronously {
        switch exportSession.status {
        case .completed:
            print("exported at \(outputURL)")
            completion?(outputURL)
        case .failed:
            print("failed \(exportSession.error.debugDescription)")
        case .cancelled:
            print("cancelled \(exportSession.error.debugDescription)")
        default: break
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

This one does the job and it fixes the rotation problem.

extension AVAsset {
    func assetByTrimming(startTime: CMTime, endTime: CMTime) throws -> AVAsset {
        let duration = CMTimeSubtract(endTime, startTime)
        let timeRange = CMTimeRange(start: startTime, duration: duration)

        let composition = AVMutableComposition()

        do {
            for track in tracks {
                let compositionTrack = composition.addMutableTrack(withMediaType: track.mediaType, preferredTrackID: track.trackID)
                compositionTrack?.preferredTransform = track.preferredTransform
                try compositionTrack?.insertTimeRange(timeRange, of: track, at: CMTime.zero)
            }
        } catch let error {
            throw TrimError("error during composition", underlyingError: error)
        }

        return composition
    }

struct TrimError: Error {
    let description: String
    let underlyingError: Error?

    init(_ description: String, underlyingError: Error? = nil) {
        self.description = "TrimVideo: " + description
        self.underlyingError = underlyingError
    }
}