iOS AVFoundation: Setting Orientation of Video

Question

I\'ve been struggling with several dimensions to the problem of controlling video orientation during and after capture on an iOS device. Thanks to previous answers and docum

Answer 1

Use these below method to set correct orientation according to video asset orientation in AVMutableVideoComposition

-(AVMutableVideoComposition *) getVideoComposition:(AVAsset *)asset
{
  AVAssetTrack *videoTrack = [[asset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] objectAtIndex:0];
  AVMutableComposition *composition = [AVMutableComposition composition];
  AVMutableVideoComposition *videoComposition = [AVMutableVideoComposition videoComposition];
  CGSize videoSize = videoTrack.naturalSize;
  BOOL isPortrait_ = [self isVideoPortrait:asset];
  if(isPortrait_) {
      NSLog(@"video is portrait ");
      videoSize = CGSizeMake(videoSize.height, videoSize.width);
  }
  composition.naturalSize     = videoSize;
  videoComposition.renderSize = videoSize;
  // videoComposition.renderSize = videoTrack.naturalSize; //
  videoComposition.frameDuration = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds( 1 / videoTrack.nominalFrameRate, 600);

  AVMutableCompositionTrack *compositionVideoTrack;
  compositionVideoTrack = [composition addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo preferredTrackID:kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid];
  [compositionVideoTrack insertTimeRange:CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, asset.duration) ofTrack:videoTrack atTime:kCMTimeZero error:nil];
  AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction *layerInst;
  layerInst = [AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction videoCompositionLayerInstructionWithAssetTrack:videoTrack];
  [layerInst setTransform:videoTrack.preferredTransform atTime:kCMTimeZero];
  AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction *inst = [AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction videoCompositionInstruction];
  inst.timeRange = CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, asset.duration);
  inst.layerInstructions = [NSArray arrayWithObject:layerInst];
  videoComposition.instructions = [NSArray arrayWithObject:inst];
  return videoComposition;
}


-(BOOL) isVideoPortrait:(AVAsset *)asset
{
  BOOL isPortrait = FALSE;
  NSArray *tracks = [asset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
  if([tracks    count] > 0) {
    AVAssetTrack *videoTrack = [tracks objectAtIndex:0];

    CGAffineTransform t = videoTrack.preferredTransform;
    // Portrait
    if(t.a == 0 && t.b == 1.0 && t.c == -1.0 && t.d == 0)
    {
        isPortrait = YES;
    }
    // PortraitUpsideDown
    if(t.a == 0 && t.b == -1.0 && t.c == 1.0 && t.d == 0)  {

        isPortrait = YES;
    }
    // LandscapeRight
    if(t.a == 1.0 && t.b == 0 && t.c == 0 && t.d == 1.0)
    {
        isPortrait = FALSE;
    }
    // LandscapeLeft
    if(t.a == -1.0 && t.b == 0 && t.c == 0 && t.d == -1.0)
    {
        isPortrait = FALSE;
    }
   }
  return isPortrait;
}