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# ALAssetTypeUnknown

Specifies that the asset’s type cannot be determined.

```
extern NSString * const ALAssetTypeUnknown;
```

## Discussion

The asset could be a sound file, a video or photo file that the system doesn’t know about or something else. This is possible only for assets imported from a camera onto the device.

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