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T1T4N / CVPixelBuffer+Data.swift
Last active October 2, 2025 10:06
A format-agnostic way of converting CVPixelBuffer to Data and back
extension CVPixelBuffer {
public static func from(_ data: Data, width: Int, height: Int, pixelFormat: OSType) -> CVPixelBuffer {
data.withUnsafeBytes { buffer in
var pixelBuffer: CVPixelBuffer!
let result = CVPixelBufferCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, width, height, pixelFormat, nil, &pixelBuffer)
guard result == kCVReturnSuccess else { fatalError() }
CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer, [])
defer { CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer, []) }