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# AVMovieWritingOptions

A structure that defines options to control the writing of a movie header to a destination URL.

```
struct AVMovieWritingOptions
```

## Topics

### Writing options

[`addMovieHeaderToDestination`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMovieWritingOptions/addMovieHeaderToDestination)

The new movie header overwrites any existing movie header.

[`truncateDestinationToMovieHeaderOnly`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMovieWritingOptions/truncateDestinationToMovieHeaderOnly)

The movie header overwrites all existing data and creates a pure reference movie file.

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMovieWritingOptions/init(rawValue:))

Creates a movie writing options structure.


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