Create a thumbnail or image of an AVPlayer at current time

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Objective-C

AVAsset *asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:sourceURL];
AVAssetImageGenerator *imageGenerator = [[AVAssetImageGenerator alloc]initWithAsset:asset];
CMTime time = CMTimeMake(1, 1);
CGImageRef imageRef = [imageGenerator copyCGImageAtTime:time actualTime:NULL error:NULL];
UIImage *thumbnail = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef];
CGImageRelease(imageRef);  // CGImageRef won't be released by ARC

Swift

var asset = AVAsset.assetWithURL(sourceURL)
var imageGenerator = AVAssetImageGenerator(asset: asset!)
var time = CMTimeMake(1, 1)
var imageRef = try! imageGenerator!.copyCGImageAtTime(time, actualTime: nil)
var thumbnail = UIImage.imageWithCGImage(imageRef)
CGImageRelease(imageRef) // CGImageRef won't be released by ARC

Swift 3.0

var sourceURL = URL(string: "Your Asset URL")
var asset = AVAsset(url: sourceURL!)
var imageGenerator = AVAssetImageGenerator(asset: asset)
var time = CMTimeMake(1, 1)
var imageRef = try! imageGenerator.copyCGImage(at: time, actualTime: nil)
var thumbnail = UIImage(cgImage:imageRef)

Note : Interpret Swift code according to your swift version.

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