How to trim the video file and convert to 20 seconds video with Swift?

Question

I want to trim a video file. I want to just pick the video from gallery and convert it to a 15 second video. I am following this link for Objective C. It works fine for me but I'm a beginner with the Swift language. Can any one help me to convert this code in Swift?

Below is my code in Objective C:

-(void)cropVideo:(NSURL*)videoToTrimURL{
    AVURLAsset *asset = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:videoToTrimURL options:nil];
    AVAssetExportSession *exportSession = [[AVAssetExportSession alloc] initWithAsset:asset presetName:AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality];

    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *outputURL = paths[0];
    NSFileManager *manager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
    [manager createDirectoryAtPath:outputURL withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];
    outputURL = [outputURL stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"output.mp4"];
    // Remove Existing File
    [manager removeItemAtPath:outputURL error:nil];

    //
    exportSession.outputURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:outputURL];
    exportSession.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = YES;
    exportSession.outputFileType = AVFileTypeQuickTimeMovie;
    CMTime start = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(1.0, 600); // you will modify time range here
    CMTime duration = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(19.0, 600);
    CMTimeRange range = CMTimeRangeMake(start, duration);
    exportSession.timeRange = range;
    [exportSession exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler:^(void)
     {
         switch (exportSession.status) {
             case AVAssetExportSessionStatusCompleted:
                 [self writeVideoToPhotoLibrary:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:outputURL]];
                 NSLog(@"Export Complete %d %@", exportSession.status, exportSession.error);
                 break;
             case AVAssetExportSessionStatusFailed:
                 NSLog(@"Failed:%@",exportSession.error);
                 break;
             case AVAssetExportSessionStatusCancelled:
                 NSLog(@"Canceled:%@",exportSession.error);
                 break;
             default:
                 break;
         }

         //[exportSession release];
     }];
}
-(void)writeVideoToPhotoLibrary:(NSURL*)aURL
{
    NSURL *url = aURL;
    NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];

    // Write it to cache directory
    NSString *path = [[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"file.mov"];
    [data writeToFile:path atomically:YES];


    // After that use this path to save it to PhotoLibrary

    ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
    [library writeVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] completionBlock:^(NSURL *assetURL, NSError *error) {

        if (error) {
            NSLog(@"%@", error.description);
        }else {
            NSLog(@"Done :)");
        }

    }];


}

Answer 1

For swift you can use the following code for trimming the video.

func trimVideo(sourceURL: NSURL, destinationURL: NSURL, trimPoints: TrimPoints, completion: TrimCompletion?) {
    assert(sourceURL.fileURL)
    assert(destinationURL.fileURL)

    let options = [ AVURLAssetPreferPreciseDurationAndTimingKey: true ]
    let asset = AVURLAsset(URL: sourceURL, options: options)
    let preferredPreset = AVAssetExportPresetPassthrough
    if verifyPresetForAsset(preferredPreset, asset) {
        let composition = AVMutableComposition()
        let videoCompTrack = composition.addMutableTrackWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo, preferredTrackID: CMPersistentTrackID())
        let audioCompTrack = composition.addMutableTrackWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeAudio, preferredTrackID: CMPersistentTrackID())

        let assetVideoTrack: AVAssetTrack = asset.tracksWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo).first as! AVAssetTrack
        let assetAudioTrack: AVAssetTrack = asset.tracksWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeAudio).first as! AVAssetTrack

        var compError: NSError?

        var accumulatedTime = kCMTimeZero
        for (startTimeForCurrentSlice, endTimeForCurrentSlice) in trimPoints {
            let durationOfCurrentSlice = CMTimeSubtract(endTimeForCurrentSlice, startTimeForCurrentSlice)
            let timeRangeForCurrentSlice = CMTimeRangeMake(startTimeForCurrentSlice, durationOfCurrentSlice)

            videoCompTrack.insertTimeRange(timeRangeForCurrentSlice, ofTrack: assetVideoTrack, atTime: accumulatedTime, error: &compError)
            audioCompTrack.insertTimeRange(timeRangeForCurrentSlice, ofTrack: assetAudioTrack, atTime: accumulatedTime, error: &compError)

            if compError != nil {
                NSLog("error during composition: \(compError)")
                if let completion = completion {
                    completion(compError)
                }
            }

            accumulatedTime = CMTimeAdd(accumulatedTime, durationOfCurrentSlice)
        }

        let exportSession = AVAssetExportSession(asset: composition, presetName: preferredPreset)
        exportSession.outputURL = destinationURL
        exportSession.outputFileType = AVFileTypeAppleM4V
        exportSession.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = true

        removeFileAtURLIfExists(destinationURL)

        exportSession.exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler({ () -> Void in
            if let completion = completion {
                completion(exportSession.error)
            }
        })
    } else {
        NSLog("Could not find a suitable export preset for the input video")
        let error = NSError(domain: "org.linuxguy.VideoLab", code: -1, userInfo: nil)
        if let completion = completion {
            completion(error)
        }
    }
}

TrimPoints is a CMTime.