How to play youtube video using URL in AVPlayer IOS?
Solution 1
You should use the iOS Youtube Helper library for playing youtube videos.
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/ios_youtube_helper
I don't know if you can use the AVPlayer. I've seen some examples using MPMoviePlayerController on CocoaControls, like this one: https://www.cocoacontrols.com/controls/hcyoutubeparser or this one: https://www.cocoacontrols.com/controls/xcdyoutubevideoplayerviewcontroller
But I don't think using youtube's url directly in your player fits the ToS of the platform. So I will recommend you tu use the Youtube Helper Library if you are planning to publish your app.
Solution 2
- Use
XCDYouTubeKit
pod -
Get youtube video id from url like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEATulyCdw
you can use this code:extension URL { func youtubeVideoId() -> String? { let pattern = #"(?<=(youtu\.be\/)|(v=)).+?(?=\?|\&|$)"# let testString = absoluteString if let matchRange = testString.range(of: pattern, options: .regularExpression) { let subStr = testString[matchRange] return String(subStr) } else { return .none } } }
Then call
XCDYouTubeClient.default().getVideoWithIdentifier(videoId)
- In the completion you can get url.
video?.streamURLs
contains urls with a different quality, choose desired. - Finally just pass this url to AVPlayer...
Update Visual explanation
Use first
instead of youtubeMaxAvailableQuality
user2182231
Updated on June 19, 2022Comments
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user2182231 almost 2 years
I want to load video in AVPlayer using YouTube URL but it is not showing anything.Whenever i am loading from a local storage using NSBundle it is working fine.Is there is any alternative to load video or we can do something in AVPlayer.
This is my code:
- (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; NSError *setCategoryError = nil; [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: &setCategoryError]; AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPP6lXaL7KA&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]]; avPlayerItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc]initWithAsset:asset]; self.songPlayer = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:avPlayerItem]; self.avPlayerLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer: self.songPlayer]; self.avPlayerLayer.frame = self.view.layer.bounds; UIView *newView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds]; [newView.layer addSublayer:avPlayerLayer]; [self.view addSubview:newView]; [ self.songPlayer play]; }