-(NSString*)convertToM4A : (MPMediaItem * ) mediaItem {
NSURL *url = [mediaItem valueForProperty: MPMediaItemPropertyAssetURL];
AVURLAsset *songAsset = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL: url options:nil];
AVAssetExportSession *exporter = [[AVAssetExportSession alloc] initWithAsset: songAsset
presetName:AVAssetExportPresetAppleM4A];
exporter.outputFileType = @"com.apple.m4a-audio";
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString * myDocumentsDirectory = ([paths count] > 0) ? [paths objectAtIndex:0] : nil;
/* Using date to be file name so no conflict
[[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970];
NSTimeInterval seconds = [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970];
NSString *intervalSeconds = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%0.0f",seconds];*/
NSString* mediaTitle = [mediaItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyTitle];
NSString* songTitle = [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:@"%@",(mediaTitle.length>0 ? mediaTitle : @"Unknown")];
NSString * fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.m4a", songTitle];
NSString *exportFile = [myDocumentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
NSURL *exportURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:exportFile];
exporter.outputURL = exportURL;
// do the export
// (completion handler block omitted)
[exporter exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler:
^{
int exportStatus = exporter.status;
switch (exportStatus)
{
case AVAssetExportSessionStatusFailed:
{
NSError *exportError = exporter.error;
NSLog (@"AVAssetExportSessionStatusFailed: %@", exportError);
break;
}
case AVAssetExportSessionStatusCompleted:
{
NSLog (@"AVAssetExportSessionStatusCompleted");
/*
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile: [myDocumentsDirectory
stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName]];
NSLog(@"Data %@",data);
data = nil;
*/
break;
}
case AVAssetExportSessionStatusUnknown:
{
NSLog (@"AVAssetExportSessionStatusUnknown"); break;
}
case AVAssetExportSessionStatusExporting:
{
NSLog (@"AVAssetExportSessionStatusExporting"); break;
}
case AVAssetExportSessionStatusCancelled:
{
NSLog (@"AVAssetExportSessionStatusCancelled"); break;
}
case AVAssetExportSessionStatusWaiting:
{
NSLog (@"AVAssetExportSessionStatusWaiting"); break;
}
default:
{
NSLog (@"didn't get export status"); break;
}
}
}];
return [exportURL absoluteString];
}