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# AVPlaybackCoordinatorPlaybackControlDelegate

A protocol that defines the method to implement to respond to playback commands from the playback coordinator.

```
protocol AVPlaybackCoordinatorPlaybackControlDelegate : NSObjectProtocol, Sendable
```

## Topics

### Responding to commands

[`playbackCoordinator(_:didIssue:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlaybackCoordinatorPlaybackControlDelegate/playbackCoordinator(_:didIssue:completionHandler:)-73p3a)

Tells the delegate to match the playback rate to that of the group when the rate is nonzero.

[`playbackCoordinator(_:didIssue:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlaybackCoordinatorPlaybackControlDelegate/playbackCoordinator(_:didIssue:completionHandler:)-56t01)

Tells the delegate to pause playback.

[`playbackCoordinator(_:didIssue:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlaybackCoordinatorPlaybackControlDelegate/playbackCoordinator(_:didIssue:completionHandler:)-4fk8y)

Tells the delegate to seek to a new time.

[`playbackCoordinator(_:didIssue:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlaybackCoordinatorPlaybackControlDelegate/playbackCoordinator(_:didIssue:completionHandler:)-btle)

Tells the delegate to expect playback soon and to start buffering media data in preparation.


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