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# AVVideoOutputSpecification

An object that specifies the pixel buffer attributes and tag collections handled by a player video output.

```
class AVVideoOutputSpecification
```

## Topics

### Creating a specification

[`init(tagCollections:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/init(tagCollections:))

[`initWithTagCollections:`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/initWithTagCollections:)

### Configuring the specification

[`defaultOutputSettings`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/defaultOutputSettings)

[`setOutputSettings(_:for:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/setOutputSettings(_:for:))

[`setOutputSettings:forTagCollection:`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/setOutputSettings:forTagCollection:)

[`defaultPixelBufferAttributes`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/defaultPixelBufferAttributes)

[`setOutputPixelBufferAttributes(_:for:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/setOutputPixelBufferAttributes(_:for:))

[`preferredTagCollections`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/preferredTagCollections-3gdo7)

[`setOutputPixelBufferAttributes:forTagCollection:`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/setOutputPixelBufferAttributes:forTagCollection:)

[`preferredTagCollections`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVVideoOutputSpecification/preferredTagCollections-2ikbd)


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