How to get the Y component from CMSampleBuffer resulted from the AVCaptureSession?

Question

Hey there, I am trying to access raw data from iphone camera using AVCaptureSession. I follow the guide provided by Apple (link here).

The raw data from the samplebu

Answer 1

This is simply the culmination of everyone else's hard work, above and on other threads, converted to swift 3 for anyone that finds it useful.

func captureOutput(_ captureOutput: AVCaptureOutput!, didOutputSampleBuffer sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer!, from connection: AVCaptureConnection!) {
    if let pixelBuffer = CMSampleBufferGetImageBuffer(sampleBuffer) {
        CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer, CVPixelBufferLockFlags.readOnly)

        let pixelFormatType = CVPixelBufferGetPixelFormatType(pixelBuffer)
        if pixelFormatType == kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarFullRange
           || pixelFormatType == kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange {

            let bufferHeight = CVPixelBufferGetHeight(pixelBuffer)
            let bufferWidth = CVPixelBufferGetWidth(pixelBuffer)

            let lumaBytesPerRow = CVPixelBufferGetBytesPerRowOfPlane(pixelBuffer, 0)
            let size = bufferHeight * lumaBytesPerRow
            let lumaBaseAddress = CVPixelBufferGetBaseAddressOfPlane(pixelBuffer, 0)
            let lumaByteBuffer = unsafeBitCast(lumaBaseAddress, to:UnsafeMutablePointer.self)

            let releaseDataCallback: CGDataProviderReleaseDataCallback = { (info: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, data: UnsafeRawPointer, size: Int) -> () in
                // https://developer.apple.com/reference/coregraphics/cgdataproviderreleasedatacallback
                // N.B. 'CGDataProviderRelease' is unavailable: Core Foundation objects are automatically memory managed
                return
            }

            if let dataProvider = CGDataProvider(dataInfo: nil, data: lumaByteBuffer, size: size, releaseData: releaseDataCallback) {
                let colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceGray()
                let bitmapInfo = CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: CGImageAlphaInfo.noneSkipFirst.rawValue)

                let cgImage = CGImage(width: bufferWidth, height: bufferHeight, bitsPerComponent: 8, bitsPerPixel: 8, bytesPerRow: lumaBytesPerRow, space: colorSpace, bitmapInfo: bitmapInfo, provider: dataProvider, decode: nil, shouldInterpolate: false, intent: CGColorRenderingIntent.defaultIntent)

                let greyscaleImage = UIImage(cgImage: cgImage!)
                // do what you want with the greyscale image.
            }
        }

        CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer, CVPixelBufferLockFlags.readOnly)
    }
}