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# deliveryMode

A mode specifying the requested video quality and delivery priority.

```
var deliveryMode: PHVideoRequestOptionsDeliveryMode { get set }
```

## Discussion

Use this property to tell Photos to provide a video quickly (possibly sacrificing image quality) or to provide a high-quality video (possibly sacrificing speed). This option applies only when requesting the current version of the video (that is, only when the [`version`](/documentation/Photos/PHVideoRequestOptions/version) property is [`PHVideoRequestOptionsVersion.current`](/documentation/Photos/PHVideoRequestOptionsVersion/current)).

The default option is [`PHVideoRequestOptionsDeliveryMode.automatic`](/documentation/Photos/PHVideoRequestOptionsDeliveryMode/automatic). See [`PHVideoRequestOptionsDeliveryMode`](/documentation/Photos/PHVideoRequestOptionsDeliveryMode).

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