How to write a movie with video AND audio using AVAssetWriter?

Question

I want to export a movie with AVAssetWriter and can\'t figure out how to include video and audio tracks in sync. Exporting only video works fine, but when I add aud

Answer 1

It seams that assetWriterAudioInput ignores sample buffer time for audio writing. Do this way.

1) Write video track.

2) When done, mark it finished i.e. [videoWriterInput markAsFinished];

3) do [assetWriter startSessionAtSourceTime:timeRangeStart];

3) instantiate audio reader and start writing audio.

Answer 2

-(void)mergeAudioVideo
{

    NSString *videoOutputPath=[_documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"dummy_video.mp4"];
    NSString *outputFilePath = [_documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"final_video.mp4"];
    if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager]fileExistsAtPath:outputFilePath])
        [[NSFileManager defaultManager]removeItemAtPath:outputFilePath error:nil];


    NSURL    *outputFileUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:outputFilePath];
    NSString *filePath = [_documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"newFile.m4a"];
    AVMutableComposition* mixComposition = [AVMutableComposition composition];

    NSURL    *audio_inputFileUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
    NSURL    *video_inputFileUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:videoOutputPath];

    CMTime nextClipStartTime = kCMTimeZero;

    AVURLAsset* videoAsset = [[AVURLAsset alloc]initWithURL:video_inputFileUrl options:nil];
    CMTimeRange video_timeRange = CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero,videoAsset.duration);

    AVMutableCompositionTrack *a_compositionVideoTrack = [mixComposition addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo preferredTrackID:kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid];
    [a_compositionVideoTrack insertTimeRange:video_timeRange ofTrack:[[videoAsset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] objectAtIndex:0] atTime:nextClipStartTime error:nil];

    AVURLAsset* audioAsset = [[AVURLAsset alloc]initWithURL:audio_inputFileUrl options:nil];
    CMTimeRange audio_timeRange = CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, audioAsset.duration);
    AVMutableCompositionTrack *b_compositionAudioTrack = [mixComposition addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio preferredTrackID:kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid];
    [b_compositionAudioTrack insertTimeRange:audio_timeRange ofTrack:[[audioAsset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio] objectAtIndex:0] atTime:nextClipStartTime error:nil];

    AVAssetExportSession* _assetExport = [[AVAssetExportSession alloc] initWithAsset:mixComposition presetName:AVAssetExportPresetMediumQuality];
    _assetExport.outputFileType = @"com.apple.quicktime-movie";
    _assetExport.outputURL = outputFileUrl;

    [_assetExport exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler:
     ^(void ) {
         if (_assetExport.status == AVAssetExportSessionStatusCompleted) {

          //Write Code Here to Continue
         }
         else {
            //Write Fail Code here     
         }
     }
     ];



}

You can use this code to merge audio and video.