Get pixel value from CVPixelBufferRef in Swift

Question

How can I get the RGB (or any other format) pixel value from a CVPixelBufferRef? Ive tried many approaches but no success yet.

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Answer 1

Update for Swift3:

let pixelBuffer: CVPixelBufferRef = CMSampleBufferGetImageBuffer(sampleBuffer)!
CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer, CVPixelBufferLockFlags(rawValue: 0));
let int32Buffer = unsafeBitCast(CVPixelBufferGetBaseAddress(pixelBuffer), to: UnsafeMutablePointer.self)
let int32PerRow = CVPixelBufferGetBytesPerRow(pixelBuffer)
// Get BGRA value for pixel (43, 17)
let luma = int32Buffer[17 * int32PerRow + 43]

CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer, 0)