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# transportType

The transport type of the device.

```
var transportType: Int32 { get }
```

## Discussion

The value of this property represents a capture device’s transport type, such as USB or PCI. The value is an IOKit framework transport type constant (`kIOAudioDeviceTransportType`).

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