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# assetCache

The asset’s associated asset cache, if it exists.

```
var assetCache: AVAssetCache? { get }
```

## Discussion

This property provides access to an instance of [`AVAssetCache`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAssetCache) to use for inspection of locally cached media data. The value of this property is `nil` if you haven’t configured the asset to store or access media data from disk.

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