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# AVPlayer.TimeControlStatus.waitingToPlayAtSpecifiedRate

A state that indicates that the player is waiting for network conditions to improve before it can start or resume playback.

```
case waitingToPlayAtSpecifiedRate
```

## Discussion

The player enters this state in the following conditions:

- Playback stalls because the playback buffer is empty.
- The playback rate changes from zero to a nonzero value and there isn’t enough media to start playback.
- The value of its [`currentItem`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayer/currentItem) property is `nil`.

In this state, the value of the [`rate`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayer/rate) property doesn’t indicate the current playback rate, but the rate at which playback starts or resumes. Refer to the value of [`reasonForWaitingToPlay`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayer/reasonForWaitingToPlay) for details about the player is waiting and the conditions that allow its status to change to [`AVPlayer.TimeControlStatus.playing`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayer/TimeControlStatus-swift.enum/playing).

> Tip:
> While waiting for buffering, you can attempt to start playback of any available media data by calling ``doc://com.apple.avfoundation/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayer/playImmediately(atRate:)``.

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