Hello,
I am trying to read video frames using AVAssetReaderTrackOutput. Here is the sample code:
//prepare assets
let asset = AVURLAsset(url: some_url)
let assetReader = try AVAssetReader(asset: asset)
guard let videoTrack = try await asset.loadTracks(withMediaCharacteristic: .visual).first else {
throw SomeErrorCode.error
}
var readerSettings: [String: Any] = [
kCVPixelBufferIOSurfacePropertiesKey as String: [String: String]()
]
//check if HDR video
var isHDRDetected: Bool = false
let hdrTracks = try await asset.loadTracks(withMediaCharacteristic: .containsHDRVideo)
if hdrTracks.count > 0 {
readerSettings[AVVideoAllowWideColorKey as String] = true
readerSettings[kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String] =
kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange
isHDRDetected = true
}
//add output to assetReader
let output = AVAssetReaderTrackOutput(track: videoTrack, outputSettings: readerSettings)
guard assetReader.canAdd(output) else {
throw SomeErrorCode.error
}
assetReader.add(output)
guard assetReader.startReading() else {
throw SomeErrorCode.error
}
//add writer ouput settings
let videoOutputSettings: [String: Any] = [
AVVideoCodecKey: AVVideoCodecType.hevc,
AVVideoWidthKey: 1920,
AVVideoHeightKey: 1080,
]
let finalPath = "//some URL oath"
let assetWriter = try AVAssetWriter(outputURL: finalPath, fileType: AVFileType.mov)
guard assetWriter.canApply(outputSettings: videoOutputSettings, forMediaType: AVMediaType.video)
else {
throw SomeErrorCode.error
}
let assetWriterInput = AVAssetWriterInput(mediaType: .video, outputSettings: videoOutputSettings)
let sourcePixelAttributes: [String: Any] = [
kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String: isHDRDetected
? kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange : kCVPixelFormatType_32ARGB,
kCVPixelBufferWidthKey as String: 1920,
kCVPixelBufferHeightKey as String: 1080,
]
//create assetAdoptor
let assetAdaptor = AVAssetWriterInputTaggedPixelBufferGroupAdaptor(
assetWriterInput: assetWriterInput, sourcePixelBufferAttributes: sourcePixelAttributes)
guard assetWriter.canAdd(assetWriterInput) else {
throw SomeErrorCode.error
}
assetWriter.add(assetWriterInput)
guard assetWriter.startWriting() else {
throw SomeErrorCode.error
}
assetWriter.startSession(atSourceTime: CMTime.zero)
//prepare tranfer session
var session: VTPixelTransferSession? = nil
guard
VTPixelTransferSessionCreate(allocator: kCFAllocatorDefault, pixelTransferSessionOut: &session)
== noErr, let session
else {
throw SomeErrorCode.error
}
guard let pixelBufferPool = assetAdaptor.pixelBufferPool else {
throw SomeErrorCode.error
}
//read through frames
while let nextSampleBuffer = output.copyNextSampleBuffer() {
autoreleasepool {
guard let imageBuffer = CMSampleBufferGetImageBuffer(nextSampleBuffer) else {
return
}
//this part copied from (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10181) at 23:58 timestamp
let attachment = [
kCVImageBufferYCbCrMatrixKey: kCVImageBufferYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_2020,
kCVImageBufferColorPrimariesKey: kCVImageBufferColorPrimaries_ITU_R_2020,
kCVImageBufferTransferFunctionKey: kCVImageBufferTransferFunction_SMPTE_ST_2084_PQ,
]
CVBufferSetAttachments(imageBuffer, attachment as CFDictionary, .shouldPropagate)
//now convert to CIImage with HDR data
let image = CIImage(cvPixelBuffer: imageBuffer)
let cropped = "" //here perform some actions like cropping, flipping, etc. and preserve this changes by converting the extent to CGImage first:
//this part copied from (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10181) at 24:30 timestamp
guard
let cgImage = context.createCGImage(
cropped, from: cropped.extent, format: .RGBA16,
colorSpace: CGColorSpace(name: CGColorSpace.itur_2100_PQ)!)
else {
continue
}
//finally convert it back to CIImage
let newScaledImage = CIImage(cgImage: cgImage)
//now write it to a new pixelBuffer
let pixelBufferAttributes: [String: Any] = [
kCVPixelBufferCGImageCompatibilityKey as String: true,
kCVPixelBufferCGBitmapContextCompatibilityKey as String: true,
]
var pixelBuffer: CVPixelBuffer?
CVPixelBufferCreate(
kCFAllocatorDefault, Int(newScaledImage.extent.width), Int(newScaledImage.extent.height),
kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr10BiPlanarFullRange, pixelBufferAttributes as CFDictionary,
&pixelBuffer)
guard let pixelBuffer else {
continue
}
context.render(newScaledImage, to: pixelBuffer) //context is a CIContext reference
var pixelTransferBuffer: CVPixelBuffer?
CVPixelBufferPoolCreatePixelBuffer(kCFAllocatorDefault, pixelBufferPool, &pixelTransferBuffer)
guard let pixelTransferBuffer else {
continue
}
// Transfer the image to the pixel buffer.
guard
VTPixelTransferSessionTransferImage(session, from: pixelBuffer, to: pixelTransferBuffer)
== noErr
else {
continue
}
//finally append to taggedBuffer
}
}
assetWriterInput.markAsFinished()
await assetWriter.finishWriting()
The result video is not in correct color as the original video. It turns out too bright. If I play around with attachment values, it can be either too dim or too bright but not exactly proper as the original video. What am I missing in my setup? I did find that kCVPixelFormatType_4444AYpCbCr16 can produce proper video output but then I can't convert it to CIImage and so I can't do the CIImage operations that I need. Mainly cropping and resizing the CIImage
