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# CMFormatDescription.MediaType

A type that describes format description media.

```
struct MediaType
```

## Topics

### Media Types

[`static let audio: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/audio)

[`static let closedCaption: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/closedCaption)

[`static let metadata: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/metadata)

[`static let muxed: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/muxed)

[`static let subtitle: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/subtitle)

[`static let text: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/text)

[`static let timeCode: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/timeCode)

[`static let video: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/video)

[`static let taggedBufferGroup: CMFormatDescription.MediaType`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMFormatDescription/MediaType-swift.struct/taggedBufferGroup)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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