Save Video Using AVFoundation Swift

Question

Hi I followed a course by Jared Davidson to create a custom camera view and save pictures using AVFoundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0O3ZGUS3pk

However I would

Answer 1

Thank you for this. It was very helpful to me. Here is a version of Rhythmic Fistman's answer ported to Swift 3 with the required import statements and delegate methods.

import UIKit
import AVFoundation

class ViewController: UIViewController,
AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate {

var captureSession = AVCaptureSession()
var sessionOutput = AVCaptureStillImageOutput()
var movieOutput = AVCaptureMovieFileOutput()
var previewLayer = AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer()

@IBOutlet var cameraView: UIView!

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    self.cameraView = self.view

    let devices = AVCaptureDevice.devices(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo)
    for device in devices! {
        if (device as AnyObject).position == AVCaptureDevicePosition.front{


            do{

                let input = try AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: device as! AVCaptureDevice)

                if captureSession.canAddInput(input){

                    captureSession.addInput(input)
                    sessionOutput.outputSettings = [AVVideoCodecKey : AVVideoCodecJPEG]

                    if captureSession.canAddOutput(sessionOutput){

                        captureSession.addOutput(sessionOutput)

                        previewLayer = AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer(session: captureSession)
                        previewLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill
                        previewLayer.connection.videoOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientation.portrait
                        cameraView.layer.addSublayer(previewLayer)

                        previewLayer.position = CGPoint(x: self.cameraView.frame.width / 2, y: self.cameraView.frame.height / 2)
                        previewLayer.bounds = cameraView.frame


                    }

                    captureSession.addOutput(movieOutput)

                    captureSession.startRunning()

                    let paths = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)
                    let fileUrl = paths[0].appendingPathComponent("output.mov")
                    try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: fileUrl)
                    movieOutput.startRecording(toOutputFileURL: fileUrl, recordingDelegate: self)

                    let delayTime = DispatchTime.now() + 5
                    DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: delayTime) {
                        print("stopping")
                        self.movieOutput.stopRecording()
                    }
                }

            }
            catch{

                print("Error")
            }

        }
    }

}


//MARK: AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate Methods

func capture(_ captureOutput: AVCaptureFileOutput!, didStartRecordingToOutputFileAt fileURL: URL!, fromConnections connections: [Any]!) {

}

func capture(_ captureOutput: AVCaptureFileOutput!, didFinishRecordingToOutputFileAt outputFileURL: URL!, fromConnections connections: [Any]!, error: Error!) {
    print("FINISHED \(error)")
    // save video to camera roll
    if error == nil {
        UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum(outputFileURL.path, nil, nil, nil)
    }
}

}