I observe significant performance differences when encoding a video in mp4 format (H264). The code I use is standard (using AVAssetWriter, AVAssetWriterInput...).
Here is what I notice when I run the same code on different platforms:
On an iPhone, the video is encoded in 3 seconds (iPhone 13, 14, 15, 16, Pro...).
On a Mac equipped with an M2 Pro, the video is encoded in 50 seconds.
On a Mac equipped with an Intel processor (2,3 GHz Intel Xeon W 18 cœurs), the video is encoded in 2 minutes.
The encoding on an iPhone is very fast due to hardware acceleration. However, I don’t understand why I don’t get similar performance with a Mac M2 Pro, which is equipped with a dedicated component for hardware acceleration (H264 media engine)?
Is hardware acceleration disabled on a Mac?
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I had no luck to compile a sample code provided by apple with Xcode 16.0 beta 5.
ScreenCaptureKit demo (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/screencapturekit/capturing_screen_content_in_macos)
The part it is failling is,
streamOutput.capturedFrameHandler = { continuation.yield($0) }
And the error message is
Sending '$0' risks causing data races
Task-isolated '$0' is passed as a 'sending' parameter; Uses in callee may race with later task-isolated uses
Please enlighten me why this is an issue and how to avoid?
Thanks in advance!
We captured a spatial video with iPhone 15 pro.
When we try to export the video with AVAssetExportSession and AVAssetExportPresetMVHEVC960x960 it always go failed state and
exportSession.error?.localizedDescription yield "Operation Stopped" error.
Code implementation is straight forward .. other HEVC file works well.This problem occurred with only mv-hevc file.
func exportSpatialVideo(videoFilePath: String, outputUrl: URL){
let url:URL? = URL(fileURLWithPath: videoFilePath)
let asset: AVAsset = AVAsset(url:url!)
print(asset.description)
print(asset.tracks.first?.mediaType.rawValue)
let preset = "AVAssetExportPresetMVHEVC960x960"
let exportSession:AVAssetExportSession = AVAssetExportSession(asset: asset, presetName: preset)!
exportSession.outputURL = outputUrl
exportSession.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = true
exportSession.outputFileType = AVFileType.mov
exportSession.exportAsynchronously(completionHandler: {
switch exportSession.status {
case .unknown:
print("Unknown Error")
case .waiting:
print( "waiting ... ")
case .exporting:
print( "exporting ...")
case .completed:
print( "completed.")
case .failed:
print("failed.\(String(describing: exportSession.error?.localizedDescription))")
case .cancelled:
}
})
}
is there any solution for it ?
In iOS, when I use AVPlayerViewController to play back a slow motion video, it has a "ramp-up" stage at the start and a "ramp-down" stage at the end, and the video plays at the normal speed (i.e. not slow motion) during these stages.
My question is: are these non-slow-motion stages defined in the video file itself? (e.g. some kind of meta data?) Or, is it just a playback approach used by AVPlayerViewController ?
Thanks!
Hi all,
I'm working on a particle system. Got it to work using drawn circles. Now I want to replace the circle with an image. Trying to do so in Draw section, but not sure if that's the right place.
Any suggestions for coding to:
connect the image from BIN to Xcode
to replace particles with the image(s).
Kindly ty
I think I have the simplest possible Mac app trying to see if I can have VideoPlayer work in an Xcode Preview. It works in an iOS app project. In a Mac app project it builds and runs. But if I preview in Xcode it crashes.
The diagnostic says:
| [Remote] Unknown Error: The operation couldn’t be completed. XPC error received on message reply handler
|
| BSServiceConnectionErrorDomain (3):
| ==NSLocalizedFailureReason: XPC error received on message reply handler
| ==BSErrorCodeDescription: OperationFailed
The code I'm using is the exact code from the VideoPlayer documentation page. See this link.
Any ideas about this XPC error, and how to work around?
I'm using Xcode 16.0 on macOS 14.6.1
Hi,
trying to wrap my head around Xcode's FXPlug. I already sell Final Cut Pro titles for a company. These titles were built in motion.
However, they want me to move them to an app and I'm looking for any help on how to accomplish this
*What the app should do is:
Allow users with an active subscription to our website the ability to access titles within FCPX and if they are not an active subscriber, for access to be denied.
Hi,
Could you please explain how to use SF Symbols animations in Final Cut? I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thank you!
I have generated FCPXML, but i can't figure out issue:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<fcpxml version="1.11">
<resources>
<format id="r1" name="FFVideoFormat3840x2160p2997" frameDuration="1001/30000s" width="3840" height="2160" colorSpace="1-1-1 (Rec. 709)"/>
<asset id="video0" name="11a(1-5).mp4" start="0s" hasVideo="1" videoSources="1" duration="6.81s">
<media-rep kind="original-media" src="file:///Volumes/Dropbox/RealMedia Dropbox/Real Media/Media/Test/Test AE videos, City, testOLOLO/video/11a(1-5).mp4"/>
</asset>
<asset id="video1" name="12(4)r8 mute.mp4" start="0s" hasVideo="1" videoSources="1" duration="9.94s">
<media-rep kind="original-media" src="file:///Volumes/Dropbox/RealMedia Dropbox/Real Media/Media/Test/Test AE videos, City, testOLOLO/video/12(4)r8 mute.mp4"/>
</asset>
<asset id="video2" name="13 mute.mp4" start="0s" hasVideo="1" videoSources="1" duration="6.51s">
<media-rep kind="original-media" src="file:///Volumes/Dropbox/RealMedia Dropbox/Real Media/Media/Test/Test AE videos, City, testOLOLO/video/13 mute.mp4"/>
</asset>
<asset id="video3" name="13x (8,14,24,29,38).mp4" start="0s" hasVideo="1" videoSources="1" duration="45.55s">
<media-rep kind="original-media" src="file:///Volumes/Dropbox/RealMedia Dropbox/Real Media/Media/Test/Test AE videos, City, testOLOLO/video/13x (8,14,24,29,38).mp4"/>
</asset>
</resources>
<library>
<event name="Untitled">
<project name="Untitled Project" uid="28B2D4F3-05C4-44E7-8D0B-70A326135EDD" modDate="2024-04-17 15:44:26 -0400">
<sequence format="r1" duration="4802798/30000s" tcStart="0s" tcFormat="NDF" audioLayout="stereo" audioRate="48k">
<spine>
<asset-clip ref="video0" offset="0/10000s" name="11a(1-5).mp4" duration="0/10000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF"/>
<asset-clip ref="video1" offset="12119/10000s" name="12(4)r8 mute.mp4" duration="0/10000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF"/>
<asset-clip ref="video2" offset="22784/10000s" name="13 mute.mp4" duration="0/10000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF"/>
<asset-clip ref="video3" offset="34544/10000s" name="13x (8,14,24,29,38).mp4" duration="0/10000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF"/>
</spine>
</sequence>
</project>
</event>
</library>
</fcpxml>
Any ideas?
Hello everyone, I have been receiving this same crash report for the past month whenever I try and export a Final Cut Pro project. The FCP video will get to about 88% completion of export, then the application crashes and I get the attached report. Any leads on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
-Lauren
1.在Fxplug4.3的 FxRemoteWindowAPI 的协议中,没有提供window.frame.origin的设置。
2.如果我自定义NSWindow时,在FxPlug中 [Window setLevel:NSFloatingWindowLevel];也没有执行。
3.请问我应该如何把窗口保留在Final cut pro的前面,并且不影响Final cut pro 的操作呢?
NSPanel *panel = [[myPanel alloc] initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect(100, 100, 400, 300) styleMask:NSWindowStyleMaskTitled | NSWindowStyleMaskClosable
backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
defer:NO];
[panel setLevel:NSFloatingWindowLevel];//无效????
[panel makeKeyAndOrderFront:self];
问题:在FxPlug4.3中使用setLevel不能将panel放在Final cut pro和Mition的前面?
救命~~~全世界都没找到答案!
1.In the FxRemoteWindowAPI protocol, there is no way to set window.frame.origin.
2.When using NSWindow, you cannot set [Window setLevel:NSFloatingWindowLevel].
3.How can I keep the window in front of Final Cut Pro without affecting the normal use of Final Cut Pro?
I'm trying to create code to generate an fcpxml file so I can automate Final Cut Pro timeline (project) creation. Here's an xml element that FCP successfully imports (and successfully creates a project/timeline).
<project name="2013-08-09 19_23_07 (id).mov">
<sequence format="r1">
<spine>
<asset-clip ref="r2" offset="0s" name="2013-08-09 19_23_07 (id).mov" start="146173027/60000s" duration="871871/60000s" tcFormat="DF" audioRole="dialogue"></asset-clip>
</spine>
</sequence>
</project>
The xml element example above was generated by exporting a simple timeline with a single clip. The problem I'm having is the media asset has timecode that gives a start time in relation to the timecode. When I try to remove timecode attributes and change the start time to "0s"
<asset-clip ref="r2" offset="0s" name="2013-08-09 19_23_07 (id).mov" start="0s" duration="871871/60000s" audioRole="dialogue"></asset-clip>
FCP complains with the import error:
2013-08-09 19_23_07 (id).fcpxml Invalid edit with no respective media. (/fcpxml[1]/project[1]/sequence[1]/spine[1]/asset-clip[1])
I guess the question is, does AVAsset provide a way to get the timecode information and the timecode based start offset, or is there a way to tell FCP to use a default start time independent of timecode?
xcode 16:
VT_EXPORT void
VT_EXPORT OSStatus
VTPixelTransferSessionCreate(
CM_NULLABLE CFAllocatorRef allocator,
CM_RETURNS_RETAINED_PARAMETER CM_NULLABLE VTPixelTransferSessionRef * CM_NONNULL pixelTransferSessionOut) API_AVAILABLE(macos(10.8), ios(16.0), tvos(16.0), visionos(1.0)) API_UNAVAILABLE(watchos);
xcode 15:
VT_EXPORT OSStatus
VTPixelTransferSessionCreate(
CM_NULLABLE CFAllocatorRef allocator,
CM_RETURNS_RETAINED_PARAMETER CM_NULLABLE VTPixelTransferSessionRef * CM_NONNULL pixelTransferSessionOut) VT_AVAILABLE_STARTING(10_8);
I’m currently working on an iOS project that involves loading and playing stereoscopic/spatial videos. I’m using the AVFoundation framework, specifically AVURLAsset, but I’m having trouble determining how to correctly load and handle stereoscopic videos.
I would like to know:
Any guidance or code snippets would be greatly appreciated, I´m not understanding pretty well the apple developer videos...
Thank you in advance for your help!
Best,
Lau
My App is live on app store , user are using it with iPhone 16 pro max and they are getting Operation Stopped while combining videos and audios only specifically on iPhone 16 pro max , on every other device its working fine. And When i adding AVAssetExportPresetPassthrough it able to combine videos and audios but not respecting the encoding and without audio.
NSArray *compatiblePresets = [AVAssetExportSession exportPresetsCompatibleWithAsset:composition];
if ([compatiblePresets containsObject:AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality]) {
presetName = AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality;
} else if ([compatiblePresets containsObject:AVAssetExportPreset1920x1080]) {
presetName = AVAssetExportPreset1920x1080;
} else if ([compatiblePresets containsObject:AVAssetExportPreset1280x720]) {
presetName = AVAssetExportPreset1280x720;
} else {
presetName = AVAssetExportPresetPassthrough;
}
} else {
presetName = AVAssetExportPreset1280x720;
}
Hi everyone,
I’ve encountered an issue with the showsPlaybackControls property in AVPlayerViewController after updating to iOS 18. Even though it’s set to true, the native playback controls (play, pause, etc.) are no longer appearing as they used to in previous iOS versions. This behavior was consistent and worked perfectly prior to iOS 18.
Additionally, I’m seeing the same problem when using the VideoPlayer in SwiftUI. The native controls that should appear by default seem to have vanished after the update. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any workaround or additional configuration required to restore the native controls?
Any help or insights would be appreciated. Thanks!
struct CustomPlayerView: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
let player: AVPlayer
func updateUIViewController(_ playerController: AVPlayerViewController, context: Context) {
playerController.player = player
playerController.showsPlaybackControls = true
player.play()
}
func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> AVPlayerViewController {
return AVPlayerViewController()
}
}
I am developing an iOS app that uses YOLOv8 for object detection and aims to detect objects at 60 FPS using the UltraWide camera. My goal is to process every frame within captureOutput and utilize the detected data (such as coordinates) for each one.
I have a question regarding how background thread processing behaves in this scenario. Does the size of the YOLO model (n, s, m, etc.) or the weight of the operations inside captureOutput affect the number of frames that can be successfully processed?
Specifically, I would like to know if all frames will be processed sequentially with a delay due to heavy processing in the background, or if some frames will be dropped and not processed at all. Any insights on how to handle this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
I have an intra-**** video device that's supported by Apple's AVCaptureDevice. I can use the AV classes to connect to the device and get video. However, this device has a button that's used to acquire still images from the video stream. I can't use the IOUSBDeviceInterface to do an asynchronous read, because the Apple driver has the device opened exclusively. How do I go about receiving the button event in this scenario? I know which pipe to read, based on a bus analyzer when I run this on Windows, I just need to know how to access that pipe when the device is opened by another process.