AVFoundation is a

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with

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s in

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and

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, which provides high-level services for working with time-based

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Darwin-based

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, and

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. It was first introduced in

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Framework AVFoundation - API Reference
developer.apple.com and has seen significant changes in

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and

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. Starting with

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, it is now the default media framework for the

platform.

AVKit

As a component of AVFoundation, AVKit is an

that comes with

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10.9+ and can be used with

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5.0+ for developing

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for Mac. The AVKit

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is replacing QTKit which was

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, and was discontinued with the release of

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References

External links

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Moving to AV Kit and AV Foundation
presentation (video and slides) from WWDC 2013 at Apple Developer *
Moving to AV Kit and AV Foundation
slides at Huihoo Foundation Documents

at Apple Developer Archive Apple Inc. software Software frameworks MacOS APIs {{mac-software-stub

AVKit

See also

References

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