Video Settings Dictionaries

Define output image and video formats by using the key and value constants.

Topics

Video and Photo Codecs

let AVVideoCodecKey: String

A key to access the name of the codec for compressing video.

struct AVVideoCodecType

A set of constants used to describe codecs for video capture.

Compression

let AVVideoCompressionPropertiesKey: String

A key to access the dictionary of compression properties for a video asset.

let AVVideoAverageBitRateKey: String

A key to access the average bit rate—as bits per second—used in compressing video.

let AVVideoQualityKey: String

A key to set the JPEG compression quality of the video.

let AVVideoMaxKeyFrameIntervalKey: String

A key to access the maximum interval between keyframes.

let AVVideoMaxKeyFrameIntervalDurationKey: String

A key to access the maximum interval duration between keyframes.

let AVVideoAllowFrameReorderingKey: String

A key to access permission to reorder frames.

Size and Aspect Ratio

let AVVideoWidthKey: String

A key to access the width of the video in pixels.

let AVVideoHeightKey: String

A key to access the height of the video in pixels.

let AVVideoPixelAspectRatioKey: String

A key to access the video's pixel aspect ratio.

let AVVideoPixelAspectRatioVerticalSpacingKey: String

A key to access the pixel aspect ratio vertical spacing.

let AVVideoPixelAspectRatioHorizontalSpacingKey: String

A key to access the pixel aspect ratio horizontal spacing.

Scaling Mode

let AVVideoScalingModeFit: String

The string identifier for scaling a video to fit the surrounding view's dimensions.

let AVVideoScalingModeKey: String

A key to retrieve the video scaling mode from a dictionary.

let AVVideoScalingModeResize: String

The string identifier for resizing a video to fit the surrounding view's dimensions.

let AVVideoScalingModeResizeAspect: String

The string identifier for resizing a video to its surrounding view's shorter dimension while preserving its aspect ratio.

let AVVideoScalingModeResizeAspectFill: String

The string identifier for resizing a video to fit the surrounding view's longer dimension while preserving aspect ratio.

Clean Aperture

let AVVideoCleanApertureKey: String

A key that defines the region within the video dimension displayed during playback.

let AVVideoCleanApertureWidthKey: String

A key to access the width of video that's free from transition artifacts caused by signal encoding.

let AVVideoCleanApertureHeightKey: String

A key to access the height of video that's free from transition artifacts caused by signal encoding.

let AVVideoCleanApertureVerticalOffsetKey: String

A key to access the vertical offset of video that's free from transition artifacts caused by signal encoding.

let AVVideoCleanApertureHorizontalOffsetKey: String

A key to access the horizontal offset of video that's free from transition artifacts caused by signal encoding.

Color Properties

Keys specify video properties, and corresponding keys and values specify the color primary, transfer function, and Y'CbCr matrix.

Setting Color Properties for a Specific Resolution

Choose the proper color property keys for the desired color range.

let AVVideoAllowWideColorKey: String

The key for a dictionary that indicates whether the client can process wide color.

let AVVideoColorPropertiesKey: String

The key for a dictionary that contains properties specifying video color.

let AVVideoColorPrimariesKey: String

The key to identify color primaries in a color properties dictionary.

let AVVideoColorPrimaries_P3_D65: String

The color primary uses the DCI-P3 D65 color space.

let AVVideoColorPrimaries_SMPTE_C: String

The color primary uses the SMPTE C color space.

let AVVideoColorPrimaries_EBU_3213: String

The color primary is in the EBU Tech. 3213 color space.

let AVVideoColorPrimaries_ITU_R_709_2: String

The color primary is in the ITU_R BT.709 color space.

let AVVideoColorPrimaries_ITU_R_2020: String

The color primary is in the ITU_R BT.2020 color space for ultra high definition television.

let AVVideoTransferFunctionKey: String

The key to identify the transfer function in a color properties dictionary.

let AVVideoTransferFunction_ITU_R_709_2: String

The transfer function for the ITU_R BT.709 color space.

let AVVideoTransferFunction_SMPTE_240M_1995: String

The transfer function for the SMPTE 240M color space.

let AVVideoTransferFunction_SMPTE_ST_2084_PQ: String

The transfer function for the SMPTE 2084 color space.

let AVVideoYCbCrMatrixKey: String

The key to identify the Y'CbCr matrix in a color properties dictionary.

let AVVideoYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_601_4: String

The Y'CbCr color matrix for ITU-R BT.601 conversion.

let AVVideoYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_709_2: String

The Y'CbCr color matrix for ITU-R BT.709 conversion.

let AVVideoYCbCrMatrix_SMPTE_240M_1995: String

The Y'CbCr color matrix for SMPTE 240M conversion.

let AVVideoYCbCrMatrix_ITU_R_2020: String

The Y'CbCr color matrix for ITU-R BT.2020 conversion.

Profile Level

let AVVideoProfileLevelKey: String

A key to access the video profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264High40: String

A high-level 4.0 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264High41: String

A high-level 4.1 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264Main30: String

A main-level 3.0 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264Main31: String

A main-level 3.1 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264Main32: String

A main-level 3.2 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264Main41: String

A main-level 4.1 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264Baseline30: String

A baseline-level 3.0 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264Baseline31: String

A baseline-level 3.1 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264Baseline41: String

A baseline-level 4.1 profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264HighAutoLevel: String

A high profile auto level profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264MainAutoLevel: String

A main profile auto level profile.

let AVVideoProfileLevelH264BaselineAutoLevel: String

A baseline auto level profile.

Entropy Mode

let AVVideoH264EntropyModeKey: String

The entropy encoding mode for H.264 compression.

let AVVideoH264EntropyModeCABAC: String

The encoder uses Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding.

let AVVideoH264EntropyModeCAVLC: String

The encoder uses Context-based Adaptive Variable Length Coding.

Frame Rate

let AVVideoAverageNonDroppableFrameRateKey: String

The desired average number of non-droppable frames to be encoded for each second of video.

let AVVideoExpectedSourceFrameRateKey: String

The expected source frame rate.

Video Toolbox Options

let AVVideoEncoderSpecificationKey: String

The video encoder specification includes options for choosing a specific video encoder.