AVComposition & AVVideoComposition

composition.m

// For whatever reason (I guess because my code is wrong) the "composition" returns twice the same asset (one transformed, one not), 
// although it should display 2 different videos... If anybody has a clue :(


NSDictionary *options = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], AVURLAssetPreferPreciseDurationAndTimingKey, nil];
AVMutableComposition *composition = [AVMutableComposition composition];
CMTimeRange timeRange = CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(4, 1));
AVMutableVideoComposition *videoComposition = [AVMutableVideoComposition videoComposition];

// Track B
NSURL *urlVideo2 = [NSURL URLWithString:@"file://localhost/Users/me/Movies/Temp/IMG_1388.m4v"];
AVAsset *video2 = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:urlVideo2 options:options];
AVMutableCompositionTrack *videoTrack2 = [composition addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo preferredTrackID:0];
NSArray *videoAssetTracks2 = [video2 tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
AVAssetTrack *videoAssetTrack2 = ([videoAssetTracks2 count] > 0 ? [videoAssetTracks2 objectAtIndex:0] : nil);
[videoTrack2 insertTimeRange:timeRange ofTrack:videoAssetTrack2 atTime:kCMTimeZero error:nil];

AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction *to = [AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction videoCompositionLayerInstructionWithAssetTrack:videoAssetTrack2];
[to setOpacity:.5 atTime:kCMTimeZero];
[to setTransform:CGAffineTransformScale(videoAssetTrack2.preferredTransform, .5, .5) atTime:kCMTimeZero];

// Track A
NSURL *urlVideo = [NSURL URLWithString:@"file://localhost/Users/me/Movies/Temp/IMG_1383.MOV"];
AVURLAsset *video = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:urlVideo options:options];
AVMutableCompositionTrack *videoTrack = [composition addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo preferredTrackID:1];
NSArray *videoAssetTracks = [video tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
AVAssetTrack *videoAssetTrack = ([videoAssetTracks count] > 0 ? [videoAssetTracks objectAtIndex:0] : nil);
[videoTrack insertTimeRange:timeRange ofTrack:videoAssetTrack atTime:kCMTimeZero error:nil];

AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction *from = [AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction videoCompositionLayerInstructionWithAssetTrack:videoAssetTrack];
[from setOpacity:.5 atTime:kCMTimeZero];

// Video Compostion
AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction *transition = [AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction videoCompositionInstruction];
transition.backgroundColor = [[UIColor clearColor] CGColor];
transition.timeRange = timeRange;
transition.layerInstructions = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:to, from, nil];
videoComposition.instructions = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:transition,  nil];
videoComposition.frameDuration = CMTimeMake(1, 30);
videoComposition.renderSize = CGSizeMake(480, 360);


// Export
NSURL *outputURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"file://localhost/Users/me/Movies/Temp/export.MOV"];
AVAssetExportSession *exportSession = [[AVAssetExportSession alloc] initWithAsset:[[composition copy] autorelease] presetName:AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality];
[exportSession setOutputFileType:@"com.apple.quicktime-movie"];
exportSession.outputURL = outputURL;
exportSession.videoComposition = videoComposition;
[exportSession exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler:nil];

// Player
AVPlayerItem *playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:composition];
playerItem.videoComposition = videoComposition;
AVPlayer *player = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:playerItem];
AVPlayerLayer *playerLayer = [AVPlayerLayer playerLayerWithPlayer:player];