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# originator

The participant that causes the coordinator to issue the command.

```
var originator: AVCoordinatedPlaybackParticipant? { get }
```

## Discussion

Only commands that the system issues on behalf of another participant contain an originator. Local commands to coordinate rate change, or those that originate from a call to [`reapplyCurrentItemStateToPlaybackControlDelegate()`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVDelegatingPlaybackCoordinator/reapplyCurrentItemStateToPlaybackControlDelegate()), don’t.

> Note:
> You can use the existance of an originator value to show a user interface that indicates another partipant’s action.

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