I'm trying to learn how camera works in swift, so I created a simple viewController set the session, the input and output instances, and then I start recording, but the lenght of the video is always zero and the AVCaptureOutput.isRunning is always false... here's my code
class cameraViewController: UIViewController, AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate {
let recordButton: UIButton = {
let button = UIButton()
button.layer.cornerRadius = 30
button.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(startRecording), for: UIControl.Event.touchUpInside)
return button
}()
let session = AVCaptureSession()
lazy var previewLayer = AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer(session: session)
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
previewLayer.frame = view.frame
view.layer.addSublayer(previewLayer)
setUpSession()
setUpViewsAndConstraints()
}
func setUpViewsAndConstraints(){
view.addSubview(recordButton)
recordButton.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor).isActive = true
recordButton.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor, constant: -80).isActive = true
recordButton.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 60).isActive = true
recordButton.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 60).isActive = true
}
@objc func startRecording(button: UIButton){
let url = Bundle.main.bundleURL
let output = (session.outputs[0] as! AVCaptureMovieFileOutput)
print(output.isRecording)
if output.isRecording == false {
print("recording is about to start")
output.startRecording(to: url, recordingDelegate: self)
} else {
print("recording is about to stop")
output.stopRecording()
}
}
func fileOutput(_ output: AVCaptureFileOutput, didFinishRecordingTo outputFileURL: URL, from connections: [AVCaptureConnection], error: Error?) {
print("recorded duration:",output.recordedDuration)
}
func setUpSession(){
session.beginConfiguration()
// setting devices and inputs
guard let device = AVCaptureDevice.default(AVCaptureDevice.DeviceType.builtInDualCamera, for: AVMediaType.video, position: AVCaptureDevice.Position.unspecified) else {return}
guard let input = try? AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: device) else {print("input failed");return}
session.addInput(input)
// setting outputs...
let videoOutput = AVCaptureMovieFileOutput()
session.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSession.Preset.high
session.addOutput(videoOutput)
session.commitConfiguration()
session.startRunning()
}
}
I can see the input video from camera on my view layer normally, but when I hit the record button nothing seems to work, the delegate method prints right away that the recorded duration is zero, and the @objc func startRecording(button: UIButton)
never prints out "recording is about to stop" but always "recording is about to start"..
and which url should I put on the method output.startRecording(to: url, recordingDelegate: self)
? I was a bit confused once the data goes to delegate method why do I need to specify this URL what should I put in there?
what am I missing here?
thank you in advance for the answer!!
Here
output.startRecording(to: url, recordingDelegate: self)
you should put url of the output video , and since you set it to
let url = Bundle.main.bundleURL
that can't write in main bundle , so recording doesn't start , you can verify that by checking the printed error
func fileOutput(_ output: AVCaptureFileOutput, didFinishRecordingTo outputFileURL: URL, from connections: [AVCaptureConnection], error: Error?) {
print(error)
}
you need to create a url say in document and supply it
let documentsURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)[0]
let completeMovie = URL(fileURLWithPath: documentsURL.path).appendingPathComponent("video.mp4")