---
title: shouldBufferInAnticipationOfPlayback
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avdelegatingplaybackcoordinatorseekcommand/shouldbufferinanticipationofplayback
---

# shouldBufferInAnticipationOfPlayback

A Boolean value that indicates whether the player starts buffering in anticipation of a request to begin playback.

## Declaration

```swift
var shouldBufferInAnticipationOfPlayback: Bool { get }
```

## See Also

### Accessing command details

- [anticipatedPlaybackRate](avfoundation/avdelegatingplaybackcoordinatorseekcommand/anticipatedplaybackrate.md)
- [itemTime](avfoundation/avdelegatingplaybackcoordinatorseekcommand/itemtime.md)
- [completionDueDate](avfoundation/avdelegatingplaybackcoordinatorseekcommand/completionduedate.md)