Impossible to stream video after downloading from Parse - swift

Question

It seems that I can't stream my videos once I downloaded them from Parse backend. However I know that the videos are working well as you can play it from Chrome but not from Safari ( I don't know why ...).
My code to play the video on the AVPlayer is also right since I test it for multiple NSUrl from local database.
Several posts about it confirm that there is a problem going on but no one has an answer.
iOS - Can't stream video from Parse Backend
Cant stream video (PFFile) from parse server
Thanks in advance if someone can help me.

Answer 1

The secret is to get the PFFIle data, save it locally with the proper extention (mov) and treaming the local file.
look at this entry [Cant stream video (PFFile) from parse server][1], the second anwser.
The PFFIle was created with the following code:
let videoPath = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL] as! NSURL
let imageData = NSData (contentsOfURL:videoPath)! as NSData
do {
let file = try PFFile(name: "_mov", data: imageData, contentType: "video/quicktime")
videoSaveSelected(file )
} catch let error as NSError {
print("Error generating PFFile: \(error)")
}
This is the code for the player
import UIKit
import AVKit
import MobileCoreServices
import AssetsLibrary
import AVFoundation
import Parse
import ParseUI
class VideoPlayerViewController: UIViewController {
var videoUrl: NSURL!
var file: PFFile!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// navigation
let backButtonCustom = UIButton( frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 22, 22))
let backIcon = UIImage(named: "0836-arrow-left")?.imageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysTemplate)
backButtonCustom.setImage(backIcon, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
backButtonCustom.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ReqDataEntryLgViewController.doneButtonTapped), forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: backButtonCustom)
let doneButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Done", style: .Done, target: self, action: #selector(ReqDataEntryLgViewController.doneButtonTapped))
self.navigationItem.setRightBarButtonItems([doneButton], animated: true)
// video player
let playerController = AVPlayerViewController()
self.addChildViewController(playerController)
self.view.addSubview(playerController.view)
playerController.view.frame = self.view.frame
// get data from PFFile in database
file!.getDataInBackgroundWithBlock({
(movieData: NSData?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
if (error == nil) {
let documentsPath : AnyObject = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory,.UserDomainMask,true)[0]
let destinationPath:NSString = documentsPath.stringByAppendingString("/file.mov")
let filemanager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
do {
try filemanager.removeItemAtPath(destinationPath as String)
} catch {
print("Ooops! Something went wrong: \(error)")
}
// write to local file
movieData!.writeToFile ( destinationPath as String, atomically:true)
// do {
// let attr : NSDictionary? = try NSFileManager.defaultManager().attributesOfItemAtPath(destinationPath as String)
//
// if let _attr = attr {
// let fileSize = _attr.fileSize()
// print ("Movie Size \(fileSize)" )
// }
// } catch {
// print("Ooops! Something went wrong getting size: \(error)")
// }
let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset: AVAsset(URL: NSURL(fileURLWithPath: destinationPath as String)))
let player = AVPlayer(playerItem: playerItem)
playerController.player = player
player.play()
} else {
print ("error on getting movie data \(error?.localizedDescription)")
}
})
}
func doneButtonTapped(){
navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}