A Swift extension to initialize AVPlayer using NSData and more...

MNGAVPlayerExtensions.swift

//
//  MNGAVPlayerExtensions.swift
//  
//
//  Created by Tommie Carter on 7/6/15.
//  Copyright © 2015 MING Technology. All rights reserved.
//

import AVFoundation
import UIKit

extension AVPlayer {

    convenience init(data:NSData!) {

        if  let urlString = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
            self.init(URL: NSURL(string: urlString as String)!)

        } else {
            self.init()
        }

    }

    class func thumbNail (videoURL:NSURL) -> UIImage? {
        var imgRef:CGImageRef? = nil
        let asset = AVURLAsset(URL: videoURL)
        let generate = AVAssetImageGenerator(asset: asset)
        generate.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = true

        let time = CMTimeMake(1, 60);

        do {

             imgRef = try generate.copyCGImageAtTime(time, actualTime: nil)

        } catch let e as NSError {
            print(e.localizedDescription)
        }

        if imgRef != nil {
            return UIImage(CGImage: imgRef!) as UIImage!
        } else {
            return nil
        }
    }
}