Video Compression in Swift

compression.swift

  func compress(videoPath : String, exportVideoPath : String, renderSize : CGSize, completion : (Bool) -> ()) {
        let videoUrl = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: videoPath)
        
        if (!existsFileAtUrl(videoUrl)) {
            completion(false)
            return
        }
        
        let videoAssetUrl = AVURLAsset(URL: videoUrl, options: nil)
        
        let videoTrackArray = videoAssetUrl.tracksWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)
        
        if videoTrackArray.count < 1 {
            completion(false)
            return
        }
        
        let videoAssetTrack = videoTrackArray[0]
        
        let audioTrackArray = videoAssetUrl.tracksWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeAudio)
        
        if audioTrackArray.count < 1 {
            completion(false)
            return
        }
        
        let audioAssetTrack = audioTrackArray[0]
        
        // input readers
        let outputUrl = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: exportVideoPath)
        let videoWriter = try! AVAssetWriter(URL: outputUrl, fileType: AVFileTypeQuickTimeMovie)
        videoWriter.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = true

        let vSettings = videoSettings(renderSize)
        let videoWriterInput = AVAssetWriterInput(mediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo, outputSettings: vSettings)
        videoWriterInput.expectsMediaDataInRealTime = false
        videoWriterInput.transform = videoAssetTrack.preferredTransform
        videoWriter.addInput(videoWriterInput)
    

        let aSettings = audioSettings()
        let audioWriterInput = AVAssetWriterInput(mediaType: AVMediaTypeAudio, outputSettings: aSettings)
        audioWriterInput.expectsMediaDataInRealTime = false
        audioWriterInput.transform = audioAssetTrack.preferredTransform
        videoWriter.addInput(audioWriterInput)
        
        // output readers
        
        let videoReaderSettings : [String : Int] = [kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String : Int(kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange)]
        let videoReaderOutput = AVAssetReaderTrackOutput(track: videoAssetTrack, outputSettings: videoReaderSettings)
        let videoReader = try! AVAssetReader(asset: videoAssetUrl)
        videoReader.addOutput(videoReaderOutput)
        
        var settings = [String : AnyObject]()
        settings[AVFormatIDKey] = Int(kAudioFormatLinearPCM)
        let audioReaderOutput = AVAssetReaderTrackOutput(track: audioAssetTrack, outputSettings: settings)
        let audioReader = try! AVAssetReader(asset: videoAssetUrl)
        audioReader.addOutput(audioReaderOutput)
        
        videoWriter.startWriting()
        videoReader.startReading()
        videoWriter.startSessionAtSourceTime(kCMTimeZero)
        
        let processingVideoQueue = dispatch_queue_create("processingVideoCompressionQueue", nil)
        
        videoWriterInput.requestMediaDataWhenReadyOnQueue(processingVideoQueue) {
            while (videoWriterInput.readyForMoreMediaData) {
                
                let sampleVideoBuffer = videoReaderOutput.copyNextSampleBuffer()
                if (videoReader.status == .Reading && sampleVideoBuffer != nil) {
                    videoWriterInput.appendSampleBuffer(sampleVideoBuffer!)
                } else {
                    videoWriterInput.markAsFinished()
                    
                    if (videoReader.status == .Completed) {

                        audioReader.startReading()
                        videoWriter.startSessionAtSourceTime(kCMTimeZero)
                        
                        let processingAudioQueue = dispatch_queue_create("processingAudioCompressionQueue", nil)
                        
                        audioWriterInput.requestMediaDataWhenReadyOnQueue(processingAudioQueue, usingBlock: {
                            while (audioWriterInput.readyForMoreMediaData) {
                                let sampleAudioBuffer = audioReaderOutput.copyNextSampleBuffer()
                                if (audioReader.status == .Reading && sampleAudioBuffer != nil) {
                                    audioWriterInput.appendSampleBuffer(sampleAudioBuffer!)
                                } else {
                                    audioWriterInput.markAsFinished()
                                    
                                    if (audioReader.status == .Completed) {
                                        videoWriter.finishWritingWithCompletionHandler({
                                            completion(true)
                                        })
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        })
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    func videoSettings(size : CGSize) -> [String : AnyObject] {
        
        var compressionSettings = [String : AnyObject]()
        compressionSettings[AVVideoAverageBitRateKey] = 425000
        
        var settings = [String : AnyObject]()
        settings[AVVideoCompressionPropertiesKey] = compressionSettings
        settings[AVVideoCodecKey] = AVVideoCodecH264 as AnyObject?
        settings[AVVideoHeightKey] = size.height as AnyObject?
        settings[AVVideoWidthKey] = size.width as AnyObject?
        
        return settings
    }

    func audioSettings() -> [String : AnyObject] {
        // set up the channel layout
        var channelLayout = AudioChannelLayout()
        memset(&channelLayout, 0, sizeof(AudioChannelLayout));
        channelLayout.mChannelLayoutTag = kAudioChannelLayoutTag_Mono;
        
        // set up a dictionary with our outputsettings
        var settings = [String : AnyObject]()
        settings[AVFormatIDKey] = Int(kAudioFormatMPEG4AAC)
        settings[AVSampleRateKey] = 44100
        settings[AVNumberOfChannelsKey] = 1
        settings[AVEncoderBitRateKey] = 96000
        settings[AVChannelLayoutKey] = NSData(bytes:&channelLayout, length:sizeof(AudioChannelLayout))
        
        return settings
    }

there is a problem in your function, the app crash when i try to compress using your function.