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# kCEAllowsSegmentationKey

Specifies whether the extension supports segmentation of the source media.

```
var kCEAllowsSegmentationKey: String { get }
```

## Discussion

Segmenting is beneficial for distributed encoding, and for local encoding if you have enabled additional Compressor app instances.

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