iOS - How to get thumbnail from video without play?

Question

I\'m trying to get thumbnail from video and show it in my tableview. Here is my code:

- (UIImage *)imageFromVideoURL:(NSURL *)contentURL {
    AVAsset *asse         


        

Answer 1

Please check the link for "Generating Thumbnails from Videos"

https://littlebitesofcocoa.com/115-generating-thumbnails-from-videos

It's quite common for an app to need to display one or more thumbnails (small still-image previews) of what's in a video. However, depending on where the video is coming from, we might not have easy access to pre-made thumbnail(s) for it. Let's look at how we can use AVAssetImageGenerator to grab our own. We start with a simple NSURL for the video, this can be local or remote. We'll create an AVAsset with it and that to a new AVAssetImageGenerator object. We'll configure the generator to apply preferred transforms so our thumbnails are in the correct orientation.

import AVFoundation

if let asset = AVAsset(URL: videoURL) {
   let durationSeconds = CMTimeGetSeconds(asset.duration)
   let generator = AVAssetImageGenerator(asset: asset)

   generator.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = true

   let time = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(durationSeconds/3.0, 600)
   var thumbnailImage: CGImageRef 
   generator.generateCGImagesAsynchronouslyForTimes([NSValue(CMTime: time)]) { 
       (requestedTime: CMTime, thumbnail: CGImage?, actualTime: CMTime, result: AVAssetImageGeneratorResult, error: NSError?) in
      self.videoThumbnailImageView.image = UIImage(CGImage: thumbnail)
    }
}