Trying to get bytes and append using NSMutableData for a video through Asset Library gives memory full error - cocoa

Question

I’m trying to upload a video of size 100MB through Asset Library. But when i try to use -(NSUInteger)getBytes:(uint8_t *)buffer fromOffset:(long long)offset length:(NSUInteger)length error:(NSError **)error of ALAssetRepresentation I get memory full error. I also need to put the data in buffer to NSData. How can i achieve that?

Answer 1

I tried this way:
Byte *buffer = (Byte*)malloc(asset.defaultRepresentation.size);
NSUInteger k = [asset.defaultRepresentation getBytes:buffer fromOffset: 0.0
length:asset.defaultRepresentation.size error:nil];
NSData *adata = NSData *adata = [NSData dataWithBytesNoCopy:buffer
length:j freeWhenDone:YES];
It really works!

Answer 2

As #runeb said the answer is not working properly with large files. You should do something like that:
int bufferSize = 2048;
int offset = 0;
NSString* name=nil;
while(offset<asset.size){
Byte *buffer = (Byte*)malloc(bufferSize);
NSUInteger buffered = [asset getBytes:buffer fromOffset:offset length:bufferSize error:nil];
NSData *data;
data = [NSData dataWithBytesNoCopy:buffer length:buffered freeWhenDone:NO];
if(!name){
//Creates the file and gives it a unique name
name = [FileUtils saveVideoFromAsset:data];
}
else{
//Append data to the file created...
[FileUtils appendData:data toFile:name];
}
offset+=buffered;
free(buffer);
}
In order to append data to a file you can use that:
NSFileHandle *myHandle = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForWritingAtPath:filePath];
[myHandle seekToEndOfFile];
[myHandle writeData:videoData];
I hope that helps!

Answer 3

ust add #autoreleasepool block, so that any autorleased objects should be cleaned up. it looks like that ARC has something changed after iOS7
#autoreleasepool {
NSUInteger readStatus = [rep getBytes:buffer fromOffset:_startFromByte length:chunkSize error:NULL];
}