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# appliesMediaSelectionCriteriaAutomatically

A Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver should apply the current selection criteria automatically to player items.

```
nonisolated var appliesMediaSelectionCriteriaAutomatically: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

By default, the `AVPlayer` instance applies selection criteria based on system accessibility preferences. To override the default criteria for any media selection group, use [`setMediaSelectionCriteria(_:forMediaCharacteristic:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayer/setMediaSelectionCriteria(_:forMediaCharacteristic:)).

> Note:
> For clients linked against the iOS 7.0 and later or against the macOS 10.9 and later, the default is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>. For all others, the default is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>.

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