---
title: AVCaptureFileOutput
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput
---

# AVCaptureFileOutput

The abstract superclass for capture outputs that can record captured data to a file.

## Declaration

```swift
class AVCaptureFileOutput
```

## Topics

### Setting file output properties

- [delegate](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/delegate.md)
- [maxRecordedDuration](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/maxrecordedduration.md)
- [maxRecordedFileSize](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/maxrecordedfilesize.md)
- [minFreeDiskSpaceLimit](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/minfreediskspacelimit.md)
- [outputFileURL](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/outputfileurl.md)
- [recordedDuration](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/recordedduration.md)
- [recordedFileSize](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/recordedfilesize.md)
- [isRecording](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/isrecording.md)
- [isRecordingPaused](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/isrecordingpaused.md)

### Managing recording

- [startRecording(to:recordingDelegate:)](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/startrecording(to:recordingdelegate:).md)
- [stopRecording()](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/stoprecording().md)
- [pauseRecording()](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/pauserecording().md)
- [resumeRecording()](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutput/resumerecording().md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [AVCaptureOutput](avfoundation/avcaptureoutput.md)

### Inherited By

- [AVCaptureAudioFileOutput](avfoundation/avcaptureaudiofileoutput.md)
- [AVCaptureMovieFileOutput](avfoundation/avcapturemoviefileoutput.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)

## See Also

### File capture

- [Recording movies in alternative formats](avfoundation/recording-movies-in-alternative-formats.md)
- [AVCaptureMovieFileOutput](avfoundation/avcapturemoviefileoutput.md)
- [AVCaptureAudioFileOutput](avfoundation/avcaptureaudiofileoutput.md)
- [AVCaptureFileOutputDelegate](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutputdelegate.md)
- [AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate](avfoundation/avcapturefileoutputrecordingdelegate.md)