Swift4.2 grab screenshot from Video

Question

in Swift 4.2 I am trying to grab screenshot from video

func thumbnailImageFor(fileUrl:URL) -> UIImage? {

        let asset = AVAsset(url: fileUrl)
        let assetImgGenerate = AVAssetImageGenerator(asset: asset)
        assetImgGenerate.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = true

        let time = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(1.0, preferredTimescale: 600)
        do {
            let img = try assetImgGenerate.copyCGImage(at: time, actualTime: nil)
            let thumbnail = UIImage(cgImage: img)
            return thumbnail
        } catch {
            print(error)
            return nil
        }   
 }

But getting error:

Error Domain=AVFoundationErrorDomain Code=-11800 "The operation could not be completed" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=An unknown error occurred (-12792), NSLocalizedDescription=The operation could not be completed, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000f46580 {Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-12792 "(null)"}}

video's url: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/lailaichatapp.appspot.com/o/message_movies%2F8A61AC4E-4A08-4EC7-BC78-A5D861BE48C5.mov?alt=media&token=8906971d-59d7-4880-988e-135615c10f22

am I missing something?

AFAIK AVAsset requires a internal file URL not an external web URL — Erik Terwan
Can you try using AVURLAsset directly instead of abstract AVAsset? — user28434'mstep
Does this answer your question? Failed to get video thumbnail from AVPlayer using Fairplay HLS — Roman Podymov

Chris Chris · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-02T15:23:54

I think it may be an issue with the filetype of the movie, as this works:

import UIKit
import AVFoundation

func thumbnailImageFor(fileUrl:URL) -> UIImage? {

    let video = AVURLAsset(url: fileUrl, options: [:])
    let assetImgGenerate = AVAssetImageGenerator(asset: video)
    assetImgGenerate.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = true

    let videoDuration:CMTime = video.duration
    let durationInSeconds:Float64 = CMTimeGetSeconds(videoDuration)

    let numerator = Int64(1)
    let denominator = videoDuration.timescale
    let time = CMTimeMake(value: numerator, timescale: denominator)

    do {
        let img = try assetImgGenerate.copyCGImage(at: time, actualTime: nil)
        let thumbnail = UIImage(cgImage: img)
        return thumbnail
    } catch {
        print(error)
        return nil
    }
}

let url: URL = URL(string: "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ElephantsDream.mp4")!

let image: UIImage? = thumbnailImageFor(fileUrl: url)
print("Image: \(image)")

Swift4.2 grab screenshot from Video

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