YTVimeoExtractor helps you get mp4 urls which can be use in iOS's native player. You can even choose between mobile, standard and high definition quality.
YTVimeoExtractor doesn't use UIWebView which makes it fast and clean.
The preferred way of installation is via CocoaPods. Just add to your Podfile
pod 'YTVimeoExtractor'
and run pod install
.
Alternatively you can just copy the YTVimeoExtractor folder to your project.
#import "YTVimeoExtractor.h"
Use the block based methods and pass it the video url and the desired quality
[YTVimeoExtractor fetchVideoURLFromURL:@"http://vimeo.com/58600663"
quality:YTVimeoVideoQualityMedium
completionHandler:^(NSURL *videoURL, NSError *error, YTVimeoVideoQuality quality) {
if (error) {
// handle error
NSLog(@"Video URL: %@", [videoURL absoluteString]);
} else {
// run player
self.playerViewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[self.playerViewController.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[self presentViewController:self.playerViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
}];
or create an instance of YTVimeoExtractor.
self.extractor = [[YTVimeoExtractor alloc] initWithURL:@"http://vimeo.com/58600663" quality:YTVimeoVideoQualityMedium];
self.extractor.delegate = self;
[self.extractor start];
and implement YTVimeoExtractor delegate methods in your ViewController.
- (void)vimeoExtractor:(YTVimeoExtractor *)extractor didSuccessfullyExtractVimeoURL:(NSURL *)videoURL withQuality:(YTVimeoVideoQuality)quality
{
// handle success
}
- (void)vimeoExtractor:(YTVimeoExtractor *)extractor failedExtractingVimeoURLWithError:(NSError *)error;
{
// handle error
}
If the Vimeo videos have domain-level restrictions and can only be played from particular domains, it's easy to add a referer:
[YTVimeoExtractor fetchVideoURLFromURL:@"http://vimeo.com/58600663"
quality:YTVimeoVideoQualityMedium
referer:@"http://www.mywebsite.com"
completionHandler:^(NSURL *videoURL, NSError *error, YTVimeoVideoQuality quality) {
if (error) {
// handle error
NSLog(@"Video URL: %@", [videoURL absoluteString]);
} else {
// run player
self.playerViewController = [[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL];
[self.playerViewController.moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
[self presentViewController:self.playerViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
}];
Check the sample application for more details.
YTVimeoExtractor requires iOS 5.0 and above as it is deployed for an ARC environment.
YTVimeoExtractor is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.