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# AVAssetWriter.Status

Values that indicate the state of an asset writer.

```
enum Status
```

## Topics

### Status values

[`AVAssetWriterStatusUnknown`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAssetWriter/Status-swift.enum/unknown)

The asset writer’s status isn’t known.

[`AVAssetWriterStatusWriting`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAssetWriter/Status-swift.enum/writing)

The asset writer is writing.

[`AVAssetWriterStatusCompleted`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAssetWriter/Status-swift.enum/completed)

The asset writer finishes writing successfully.

[`AVAssetWriterStatusFailed`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAssetWriter/Status-swift.enum/failed)

The asset writer fails to write the output file.

[`AVAssetWriterStatusCancelled`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAssetWriter/Status-swift.enum/cancelled)

The asset writer canceled the writing operation.

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAssetWriter/Status-swift.enum/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

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