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# HMCameraStreamState

The states associated with a camera stream.

```
enum HMCameraStreamState
```

## Topics

### Observing the streaming state

[`HMCameraStreamState.notStreaming`](/documentation/HomeKit/HMCameraStreamState/notStreaming)

The state when the camera stream is not active.

[`HMCameraStreamState.starting`](/documentation/HomeKit/HMCameraStreamState/starting)

The state when the camera stream start request is processing.

[`HMCameraStreamState.stopping`](/documentation/HomeKit/HMCameraStreamState/stopping)

The state when the camera stream is stopping.

[`HMCameraStreamState.streaming`](/documentation/HomeKit/HMCameraStreamState/streaming)

The state when the camera stream is currently in progress.


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