merging videos together (AVFoundation)

Question

In my app, I\'m recording small videos and adding them into an NSMutableArray as AVAsset so that i keep record of what has been captured. when the user

Answer 1

Swift version

func merge(arrayVideos:[AVAsset], completion:@escaping (_ exporter: AVAssetExportSession) -> ()) -> Void {

  let mainComposition = AVMutableComposition()
  let compositionVideoTrack = mainComposition.addMutableTrack(withMediaType: .video, preferredTrackID: kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid)
  compositionVideoTrack?.preferredTransform = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: .pi / 2)

  let soundtrackTrack = mainComposition.addMutableTrack(withMediaType: .audio, preferredTrackID: kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid)

  var insertTime = kCMTimeZero

  for videoAsset in arrayVideos {
    try! compositionVideoTrack?.insertTimeRange(CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration), of: videoAsset.tracks(withMediaType: .video)[0], at: insertTime)
    try! soundtrackTrack?.insertTimeRange(CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration), of: videoAsset.tracks(withMediaType: .audio)[0], at: insertTime)

    insertTime = CMTimeAdd(insertTime, videoAsset.duration)
  }

  let outputFileURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory() + "merge.mp4")

  let fileManager = FileManager()
  fileManager.removeItemIfExisted(outputFileURL)

  let exporter = AVAssetExportSession(asset: mainComposition, presetName: AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality)

  exporter?.outputURL = outputFileURL
  exporter?.outputFileType = AVFileType.mp4
  exporter?.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = true

  exporter?.exportAsynchronously {
    DispatchQueue.main.async {
      completion(exporter!)
    }
  }
}