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# AVCapturePhotoOutput.CaptureReadiness

Constants that indicate whether the output is ready to receive capture requests.

```
enum CaptureReadiness
```

## Topics

### Readiness states

[`case sessionNotRunning`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCapturePhotoOutput/CaptureReadiness-swift.enum/sessionNotRunning)

Indicates that the session isn’t running and the output isn’t ready to receive requests.

[`case notReadyMomentarily`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCapturePhotoOutput/CaptureReadiness-swift.enum/notReadyMomentarily)

Indicates that the output isn’t ready to receive requests, but may be ready shortly.

[`case notReadyWaitingForCapture`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCapturePhotoOutput/CaptureReadiness-swift.enum/notReadyWaitingForCapture)

Indicates that the output isn’t ready to receive requests for a longer duration because it’s busy capturing.

[`case notReadyWaitingForProcessing`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCapturePhotoOutput/CaptureReadiness-swift.enum/notReadyWaitingForProcessing)

Indicates that the output isn’t ready to receive requests for a longer duration because it’s busy processing.

[`case ready`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCapturePhotoOutput/CaptureReadiness-swift.enum/ready)

Indicates that the output is ready to receive new requests.

### Initializers

[`init?(rawValue: Int)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCapturePhotoOutput/CaptureReadiness-swift.enum/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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