---
title: kAudioFormatProperty_FormatName
framework: audiotoolbox
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_formatname
---

# kAudioFormatProperty_FormatName

A name for a given format. Set the inSpecifier parameter to an AudioStreamBasicDescription structure describing the format to ask about. The value is a CFStringRef object. The caller is responsible for releasing the returned string. For some formats, such as linear PCM, you get back a descriptive string, for example, “16-bit, interleaved.”

## Declaration

```swift
var kAudioFormatProperty_FormatName: AudioFormatPropertyID { get }
```

## See Also

### Constants

- [kAudioFormatProperty_FormatInfo](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_formatinfo.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_EncodeFormatIDs](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_encodeformatids.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_DecodeFormatIDs](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_decodeformatids.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_FormatList](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_formatlist.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_ASBDFromESDS](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_asbdfromesds.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_ChannelLayoutFromESDS](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_channellayoutfromesds.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_OutputFormatList](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_outputformatlist.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_FirstPlayableFormatFromList](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_firstplayableformatfromlist.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_Encoders](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_encoders.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_Decoders](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_decoders.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_FormatIsVBR](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_formatisvbr.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_FormatIsExternallyFramed](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_formatisexternallyframed.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_AvailableEncodeBitRates](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_availableencodebitrates.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_AvailableEncodeSampleRates](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_availableencodesamplerates.md)
- [kAudioFormatProperty_AvailableEncodeChannelLayoutTags](audiotoolbox/kaudioformatproperty_availableencodechannellayouttags.md)