---
title: AVAsset
framework: avfoundation
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: avfoundation/avasset-async-properties
---

# AVAsset

Asynchronous properties for assets.

## Topics

### Loading duration and timing

- [duration](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/duration.md)
- [providesPreciseDurationAndTiming](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/providesprecisedurationandtiming.md)
- [minimumTimeOffsetFromLive](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/minimumtimeoffsetfromlive.md)

### Loading tracks

- [tracks](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/tracks-48zyw.md)

### Loading track groups

- [trackGroups](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/trackgroups.md)

### Loading metadata

- [metadata](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/metadata-16qej.md)
- [commonMetadata](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/commonmetadata-3j3n4.md)
- [availableMetadataFormats](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/availablemetadataformats-4yiq8.md)
- [creationDate](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/creationdate.md)
- [lyrics](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/lyrics.md)

### Loading suitability

- [isPlayable](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/isplayable-45h5v.md)
- [isExportable](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/isexportable.md)
- [isReadable](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/isreadable.md)
- [isComposable](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/iscomposable.md)
- [isCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/iscompatiblewithsavedphotosalbum.md)
- [isCompatibleWithAirPlayVideo](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/iscompatiblewithairplayvideo.md)

### Loading asset preferences

- [preferredRate](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/preferredrate.md)
- [preferredTransform](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/preferredtransform-80d13.md)
- [preferredVolume](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/preferredvolume-20mb3.md)
- [preferredDisplayCriteria](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/preferreddisplaycriteria.md)

### Loading media selections

- [allMediaSelections](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/allmediaselections.md)
- [preferredMediaSelection](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/preferredmediaselection.md)
- [availableMediaCharacteristicsWithMediaSelectionOptions](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/availablemediacharacteristicswithmediaselectionoptions.md)

### Loading chapter metadata

- [availableChapterLocales](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/availablechapterlocales.md)

### Loading content protections

- [hasProtectedContent](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/hasprotectedcontent.md)

### Loading fragment support

- [canContainFragments](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/cancontainfragments.md)
- [containsFragments](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/containsfragments.md)
- [overallDurationHint](avfoundation/avpartialasyncproperty/overalldurationhint.md)

## See Also

### Loading properties

- [AVAssetTrack](avfoundation/avassettrack-async-properties.md)
- [AVURLAsset](avfoundation/avurlasset-async-properties.md)
- [AVFragmentedAsset](avfoundation/avfragmentedasset-async-properties.md)
- [AVMetadataItem](avfoundation/avmetadataitem-async-properties.md)
- [AVComposition](avfoundation/avcomposition-async-properties.md)
- [AVMutableComposition](avfoundation/avmutablecomposition-async-properties.md)
- [AVMovie](avfoundation/avmovie-async-properties.md)
- [AVMutableMovie](avfoundation/avmutablemovie-async-properties.md)
- [AVFragmentedMovie](avfoundation/avfragmentedmovie-async-properties.md)