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# Core Media Constants

## Overview

This document describes constants defined in the Core Media framework not defined elsewhere in this reference.

## Topics

### Constants

[`var COREMEDIA_DECLARE_BRIDGED_TYPES: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_DECLARE_BRIDGED_TYPES)

[`var COREMEDIA_DECLARE_NULLABILITY: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_DECLARE_NULLABILITY)

[`var COREMEDIA_DECLARE_NULLABILITY_BEGIN_END: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_DECLARE_NULLABILITY_BEGIN_END)

[`var COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RETURNS_NOT_RETAINED_ON_PARAMETERS: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RETURNS_NOT_RETAINED_ON_PARAMETERS)

[`var COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RETURNS_RETAINED: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RETURNS_RETAINED)

[`var COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RETURNS_RETAINED_ON_PARAMETERS: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RETURNS_RETAINED_ON_PARAMETERS)

[`var COREMEDIA_USE_DERIVED_ENUMS_FOR_CONSTANTS: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_USE_DERIVED_ENUMS_FOR_CONSTANTS)

[`var CMITEMCOUNT_MAX: Int`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMITEMCOUNT_MAX)

[`var COREMEDIA_CMBASECLASS_VERSION_IS_POINTER_ALIGNED: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_CMBASECLASS_VERSION_IS_POINTER_ALIGNED)

[`var COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RELEASES_ARGUMENT: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RELEASES_ARGUMENT)

[`var COREMEDIA_FALSE: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_FALSE)

[`var COREMEDIA_TRUE: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_TRUE)

[`var COREMEDIA_USE_ALIGNED_CMBASECLASS_VERSION: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_USE_ALIGNED_CMBASECLASS_VERSION)

[`var CMTIMEBASE_USE_SOURCE_TERMINOLOGY: Int32`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMTIMEBASE_USE_SOURCE_TERMINOLOGY)

[`var COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RETURNS_RETAINED_BLOCK: Bool`](/documentation/CoreMedia/COREMEDIA_DECLARE_RETURNS_RETAINED_BLOCK)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionExtension_ProjectionKind: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionExtension_ProjectionKind)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionExtension_ViewPackingKind: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionExtension_ViewPackingKind)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionLogTransferFunction_AppleLog: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionLogTransferFunction_AppleLog)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_Rectilinear: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_Rectilinear)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionViewPackingKind_OverUnder: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionViewPackingKind_OverUnder)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionViewPackingKind_SideBySide: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionViewPackingKind_SideBySide)

[`let kCMMetadataDataType_QuickTimeMetadataMilliLux: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataDataType_QuickTimeMetadataMilliLux)

[`let kCMMetadataDataType_QuickTimeMetadataUUID: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataDataType_QuickTimeMetadataUUID)

[`let kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataSceneIlluminance: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataSceneIlluminance)

[`let kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataSegmentIdentifier: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataSegmentIdentifier)

[`let kCMSampleAttachmentKey_HDR10PlusPerFrameData: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMSampleAttachmentKey_HDR10PlusPerFrameData)

[`let kCMTagProjectionTypeHalfEquirectangular: __CMTag`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMTagProjectionTypeHalfEquirectangular)

[`let kCMTextMarkupAttribute_FontFamilyNameList: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMTextMarkupAttribute_FontFamilyNameList)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionExtension_ConvertedFromExternalSphericalTags: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionExtension_ConvertedFromExternalSphericalTags)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_AppleImmersiveVideo: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_AppleImmersiveVideo)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_Equirectangular: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_Equirectangular)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_HalfEquirectangular: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_HalfEquirectangular)

[`let kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_ParametricImmersive: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMFormatDescriptionProjectionKind_ParametricImmersive)

[`let kCMMetadataBaseDataType_ExtendedRasterRectangleValue: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataBaseDataType_ExtendedRasterRectangleValue)

[`let kCMMetadataBaseDataType_RasterRectangleValue: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataBaseDataType_RasterRectangleValue)

[`let kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataDisplayMaskRectangleMono: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataDisplayMaskRectangleMono)

[`let kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataDisplayMaskRectangleStereoLeft: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataDisplayMaskRectangleStereoLeft)

[`let kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataDisplayMaskRectangleStereoRight: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataDisplayMaskRectangleStereoRight)

[`let kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataPresentationImmersiveMedia: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataPresentationImmersiveMedia)

[`let kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataSpatialAudioMix: CFString`](/documentation/CoreMedia/kCMMetadataIdentifier_QuickTimeMetadataSpatialAudioMix)

[Camera calibration](/documentation/CoreMedia/camera-calibration-constants)

Constants that identify camera calibration extensions.

### Type Aliases

[`typealias CMBaseClassVersion`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMBaseClassVersion)

[`typealias CMStructVersion`](/documentation/CoreMedia/CMStructVersion)



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