---
title: isCinematicVideoCaptureEnabled
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avcapturedeviceinput/iscinematicvideocaptureenabled
---

# isCinematicVideoCaptureEnabled

A BOOL value specifying whether the Cinematic Video effect is being applied to any movie file output, video data output, metadata output, or video preview layer added to the capture session.

## Declaration

```swift
var isCinematicVideoCaptureEnabled: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Default is false. Set to true to enable support for Cinematic Video capture. When you set this property to true, your input’s associated focusMode changes to AVCaptureFocusModeContinuousAutoFocus. While Cinematic Video capture is enabled, you are not permitted to change your device’s focus mode, and any attempt to do so results in an NSInvalidArgumentException. You may only set this property to true if isCinematicVideoCaptureSupported is true. note: Enabling Cinematic Video capture requires a lengthy reconfiguration of the capture render pipeline, so if you intend to capture Cinematic Video, you should set this property to true before calling startRunning() or within beginConfiguration() and commitConfiguration() while running.

## See Also

### Configuring Cinematic video capture

- [isCinematicVideoCaptureSupported](avfoundation/avcapturedeviceinput/iscinematicvideocapturesupported.md)
- [simulatedAperture](avfoundation/avcapturedeviceinput/simulatedaperture.md)