---
title: AVAssetWasDefragmentedNotification
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: avfoundation/avassetwasdefragmentednotification
---

# AVAssetWasDefragmentedNotification

A notification the system posts when a fragmented asset minder observes that the system defragments the asset on disk.

## Declaration

```occ
extern NSString * const AVAssetWasDefragmentedNotification;
```

## Discussion

Discussion The system posts this notification only for changes that occur after an asset’s canContainFragments property reaches a AVKeyValueStatus.loaded status. After the system posts this notification, the value of the asset’s canContainFragments and containsFragments properties is false.

## See Also

### Notifications

- [AVAssetChapterMetadataGroupsDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avassetchaptermetadatagroupsdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVAssetContainsFragmentsDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avassetcontainsfragmentsdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVAssetDurationDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avassetdurationdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVAssetMediaSelectionGroupsDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avassetmediaselectiongroupsdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVAssetTrackSegmentsDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avassettracksegmentsdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVAssetTrackTimeRangeDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avassettracktimerangedidchangenotification.md)
- [AVAssetTrackTrackAssociationsDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avassettracktrackassociationsdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVFragmentedMovieContainsMovieFragmentsDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avfragmentedmoviecontainsmoviefragmentsdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVFragmentedMovieDurationDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avfragmentedmoviedurationdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVFragmentedMovieTrackSegmentsDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avfragmentedmovietracksegmentsdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVFragmentedMovieTrackTimeRangeDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avfragmentedmovietracktimerangedidchangenotification.md)
- [AVFragmentedMovieTrackTotalSampleDataLengthDidChangeNotification](avfoundation/avfragmentedmovietracktotalsampledatalengthdidchangenotification.md)
- [AVFragmentedMovieWasDefragmentedNotification](avfoundation/avfragmentedmoviewasdefragmentednotification.md)