lionel-SF / PBJVision

iOS camera engine, features touch-to-record video, slow motion, and photo capture

PBJVision

PBJVision is an iOS camera engine library that allows easy integration of special capture features and camera customization in your iOS app.

Features

• touch-to-record video capture
• slow motion capture (120 fps on supported hardware)
• photo capture
• customizable UI and user interactions
• ghosting (onion skinning) of last recorded segment
• flash/torch support
• white balance, focus, and exposure adjustment support
• mirroring support

Capture is possible without having to use the touch-to-record gesture interaction as the sample project provides.

If you need a video player, check out PBJVideoPlayer (obj-c) and Player (Swift).

Contributions are welcome!

About

This library was originally created at DIY as a fun means for young people to author video and share their skills. The touch-to-record interaction was originally pioneered by Vine and Instagram.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed and helped make this a fun project and community.

Installation

CocoaPods

PBJVision is available and recommended for installation using the Cocoa dependency manager CocoaPods.

To integrate, just add the following line to your Podfile:

pod 'PBJVision'

Usage

Import the header.

#import "PBJVision.h"

Setup the camera preview using [[PBJVision sharedInstance] previewLayer].

    // preview and AV layer
    _previewView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
    _previewView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
    CGRect previewFrame = CGRectMake(0, 60.0f, CGRectGetWidth(self.view.frame), CGRectGetWidth(self.view.frame));
    _previewView.frame = previewFrame;
    _previewLayer = [[PBJVision sharedInstance] previewLayer];
    _previewLayer.frame = _previewView.bounds;
    _previewLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill;
    [_previewView.layer addSublayer:_previewLayer];

Setup and configure the PBJVision controller, then start the camera preview.

- (void)_setup
{
    _longPressGestureRecognizer.enabled = YES;

    PBJVision *vision = [PBJVision sharedInstance];
    vision.delegate = self;
    vision.cameraMode = PBJCameraModeVideo;
    vision.cameraOrientation = PBJCameraOrientationPortrait;
    vision.focusMode = PBJFocusModeContinuousAutoFocus;
    vision.outputFormat = PBJOutputFormatSquare;

    [vision startPreview];
}

Start/pause/resume recording.

- (void)_handleLongPressGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
    switch (gestureRecognizer.state) {
      case UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan:
        {
            if (!_recording)
                [[PBJVision sharedInstance] startVideoCapture];
            else
                [[PBJVision sharedInstance] resumeVideoCapture];
            break;
        }
      case UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded:
      case UIGestureRecognizerStateCancelled:
      case UIGestureRecognizerStateFailed:
        {
            [[PBJVision sharedInstance] pauseVideoCapture];
            break;
        }
      default:
        break;
    }
}

End recording.

    [[PBJVision sharedInstance] endVideoCapture];

Handle the final video output or error accordingly.

- (void)vision:(PBJVision *)vision capturedVideo:(NSDictionary *)videoDict error:(NSError *)error
{   
    if (error && [error.domain isEqual:PBJVisionErrorDomain] && error.code == PBJVisionErrorCancelled) {
        NSLog(@"recording session cancelled");
        return;
    } else if (error) {
        NSLog(@"encounted an error in video capture (%@)", error);
        return;
    }

    _currentVideo = videoDict;
    
    NSString *videoPath = [_currentVideo  objectForKey:PBJVisionVideoPathKey];
    [_assetLibrary writeVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum:[NSURL URLWithString:videoPath] completionBlock:^(NSURL *assetURL, NSError *error1) {
        UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle: @"Video Saved!" message: @"Saved to the camera roll."
                                                       delegate:self
                                              cancelButtonTitle:nil
                                              otherButtonTitles:@"OK", nil];
        [alert show];
    }];
}

To specify an automatic end capture maximum duration, set the following property on the 'PBJVision' controller.

    [[PBJVision sharedInstance] setMaximumCaptureDuration:CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(5, 600)]; // ~ 5 seconds

To adjust the video quality and compression bit rate, modify the following properties on the PBJVision controller.

    @property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *captureSessionPreset;

    @property (nonatomic) CGFloat videoBitRate;
    @property (nonatomic) NSInteger audioBitRate;
    @property (nonatomic) NSDictionary *additionalCompressionProperties;

Community

• Need help? Use Stack Overflow with the tag 'pbjvision'.
• Questions? Use Stack Overflow with the tag 'pbjvision'.
• Found a bug? Open an issue.
• Feature idea? Open an issue.
• Want to contribute? Submit a pull request.

Resources

• AV Foundation Programming Guide
• AV Foundation Framework Reference
• objc.io Camera and Photos
• [objc.io Video] (https://www.objc.io/issues/23-video/)
• PBJVideoPlayer, a simple iOS video player in Objective-C
• Player, a simple iOS video player in Swift

License

PBJVision is available under the MIT license, see the LICENSE file for more information.