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# AVPlayerItemMetadataOutputPushDelegate

Methods you can implement to provide additional metadata.

```
protocol AVPlayerItemMetadataOutputPushDelegate : AVPlayerItemOutputPushDelegate
```

## Overview

This protocol extends the [`AVPlayerItemOutputPushDelegate`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayerItemOutputPushDelegate) protocol.

## Topics

### Combining timed metadata groups

[`metadataOutput(_:didOutputTimedMetadataGroups:from:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVPlayerItemMetadataOutputPushDelegate/metadataOutput(_:didOutputTimedMetadataGroups:from:))

Tells the delegate a new collection of metadata items is available.


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