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# availableVideoPixelFormatTypes

The video pixel formats the output supports.

```
@nonobjc var availableVideoPixelFormatTypes: [OSType] { get }
```

## Discussion

This value contains an array of video formats, in unspecified order, that the output supports. You can set the format by specifying it as the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/CoreVideo/kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey> entry in the output’s [`videoSettings`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureVideoDataOutput/videoSettings) dictionary.

> Note:
> The contents of this list may change if the video capture device’s ``doc://com.apple.avfoundation/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureDevice/activeFormat`` value changes.

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