Swift Merge AVasset-Videos array

Question

I want to merge the AVAsset-arrayVideos into one single video and save it on camera roll. Raywenderlich.com has a great tutorial where two videos are merged into one. I've created the following code, however the video that I get after exporting to camera roll includes only the first and the last video from the array (excluding the rest of the videos in the middle of arrayVideos). Am I missing something here?

var arrayVideos = [AVAsset]() //Videos Array    
var atTimeM: CMTime = CMTimeMake(0, 0)
var lastAsset: AVAsset!
var layerInstructionsArray = [AVVideoCompositionLayerInstruction]()
var completeTrackDuration: CMTime = CMTimeMake(0, 1)
var videoSize: CGSize = CGSize(width: 0.0, height: 0.0)

func mergeVideoArray(){

    let mixComposition = AVMutableComposition()
    for videoAsset in arrayVideos{
        let videoTrack = mixComposition.addMutableTrack(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo, preferredTrackID: Int32(kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid))
        do {
            if videoAsset == arrayVideos.first{
                atTimeM = kCMTimeZero
            } else{
                atTimeM = lastAsset!.duration
            }
            try videoTrack.insertTimeRange(CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration), of: videoAsset.tracks(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo)[0], at: atTimeM)  
            videoSize = videoTrack.naturalSize
        } catch let error as NSError {
            print("error: \(error)")
        }
        completeTrackDuration = CMTimeAdd(completeTrackDuration, videoAsset.duration)
        let videoInstruction = AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction(assetTrack: videoTrack)
        if videoAsset != arrayVideos.last{
            videoInstruction.setOpacity(0.0, at: videoAsset.duration)
        }
        layerInstructionsArray.append(videoInstruction)
        lastAsset = videoAsset            
    }

    let mainInstruction = AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction()
    mainInstruction.timeRange = CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, completeTrackDuration)
    mainInstruction.layerInstructions = layerInstructionsArray        

    let mainComposition = AVMutableVideoComposition()
    mainComposition.instructions = [mainInstruction]
    mainComposition.frameDuration = CMTimeMake(1, 30)
    mainComposition.renderSize = CGSize(width: videoSize.width, height: videoSize.height)

    let documentDirectory = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0]
    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.dateStyle = .long
    dateFormatter.timeStyle = .short
    let date = dateFormatter.string(from: NSDate() as Date)
    let savePath = (documentDirectory as NSString).appendingPathComponent("mergeVideo-\(date).mov")
    let url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: savePath)

    let exporter = AVAssetExportSession(asset: mixComposition, presetName: AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality)
    exporter!.outputURL = url as URL
    exporter!.outputFileType = AVFileTypeQuickTimeMovie
    exporter!.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = true
    exporter!.videoComposition = mainComposition
    exporter!.exportAsynchronously {

        PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
            PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetFromVideo(atFileURL: exporter!.outputURL!)
        }) { saved, error in
            if saved {
                let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Your video was successfully saved", message: nil, preferredStyle: .alert)
                let defaultAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default, handler: nil)
                alertController.addAction(defaultAction)
                self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
            } else{
                print("video erro: \(error)")

            }
        }
    }
} 

Answer 1

You need to track the total time for all of the assets and update it for each video.

The code in your question was rewriting the atTimeM with the current video. That's why only the first and last got included.

It will look something like this:

...
var totalTime : CMTime = CMTimeMake(0, 0)

func mergeVideoArray() {

    let mixComposition = AVMutableComposition()
    for videoAsset in arrayVideos {
        let videoTrack = 
            mixComposition.addMutableTrack(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo, 
                                           preferredTrackID: Int32(kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid))          
        do {
            if videoAsset == arrayVideos.first {
                atTimeM = kCMTimeZero
            } else {
                atTimeM = totalTime // <-- Use the total time for all the videos seen so far.
            }
            try videoTrack.insertTimeRange(CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration), 
                                           of: videoAsset.tracks(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo)[0], 
                                           at: atTimeM)  
            videoSize = videoTrack.naturalSize
        } catch let error as NSError {
            print("error: \(error)")
        }
        totalTime += videoAsset.duration // <-- Update the total time for all videos.
...

You can remove the use of lastAsset.