<!--
{
  "availability" : [
    "iOS: 26.0.0 -",
    "iPadOS: 26.0.0 -",
    "macCatalyst: 26.0.0 -",
    "macOS: 26.0.0 -",
    "tvOS: 26.0.0 -"
  ],
  "documentType" : "symbol",
  "framework" : "AVFoundation",
  "identifier" : "/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration",
  "metadataVersion" : "0.1.0",
  "role" : "Class",
  "symbol" : {
    "kind" : "Class",
    "modules" : [
      "AVFoundation"
    ],
    "preciseIdentifier" : "c:objc(cs)AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration"
  },
  "title" : "AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration"
}
-->

# AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration

A class you use to specify a configuration to your external display configurator.

```
class AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration
```

## Overview

Using an [`AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration), you direct your [`AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfigurator`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfigurator) how to configure an external display to match your device’s active video format.

## Topics

### Modifying the configuration

[`bypassColorSpaceConversion`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration/bypassColorSpaceConversion)

A property indicating whether the color space of the configurator’s preview layer should be preserved on the output display by avoiding color space conversions.

[`preferredResolution`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration/preferredResolution)

Your preferred external display resolution.

[`shouldMatchFrameRate`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureExternalDisplayConfiguration/shouldMatchFrameRate)

A property indicating whether the frame rate of the external display should be configured to match the camera’s frame rate.


---

Copyright &copy; 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)