---
title: AVAssetPlaybackAssistant
framework: AVFoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
platforms: [iOS 16.0+, iPadOS 16.0+, Mac Catalyst 16.0+, macOS 13.0+, tvOS 16.0+, visionOS 1.0+, watchOS 9.0+]
path: avfoundation/avassetplaybackassistant
---

# AVAssetPlaybackAssistant

An object that provides playback information for an asset.

## Declaration

```swift
class AVAssetPlaybackAssistant
```

## Topics

### Creating a playback assistant

- [init(asset:)](avfoundation/avassetplaybackassistant/init(asset:).md)

### Loading playback configuration options

- [loadPlaybackConfigurationOptions(completionHandler:)](avfoundation/avassetplaybackassistant/loadplaybackconfigurationoptions(completionhandler:).md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Utilities

- [AVAssetPlaybackConfigurationOption](avfoundation/avassetplaybackconfigurationoption.md)