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# AVPlayer.Status.failed

A value that indicates the player can no longer play media due to an error.

```
case failed
```

## Discussion

Inspect the value of the player’s [`error`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayer/error) property to determine the details of the failure.

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