---
title: AVFileType
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: avfoundation/avfiletype
---

# AVFileType

The uniform type identifiers for various file formats.

## Declaration

```swift
struct AVFileType
```

## Mentioned in

Exporting video to alternative formats

## Topics

### File types

- [AHAP](avfoundation/avfiletype/ahap.md)
- [SCC](avfoundation/avfiletype/scc.md)
- [ac3](avfoundation/avfiletype/ac3.md)
- [aifc](avfoundation/avfiletype/aifc.md)
- [aiff](avfoundation/avfiletype/aiff.md)
- [amr](avfoundation/avfiletype/amr.md)
- [appleiTT](avfoundation/avfiletype/appleitt.md)
- [au](avfoundation/avfiletype/au.md)
- [avci](avfoundation/avfiletype/avci.md)
- [caf](avfoundation/avfiletype/caf.md)
- [dcm](avfoundation/avfiletype/dcm.md)
- [dng](avfoundation/avfiletype/dng.md)
- [eac3](avfoundation/avfiletype/eac3.md)
- [heic](avfoundation/avfiletype/heic.md)
- [heif](avfoundation/avfiletype/heif.md)
- [jpg](avfoundation/avfiletype/jpg.md)
- [m4a](avfoundation/avfiletype/m4a.md)
- [m4v](avfoundation/avfiletype/m4v.md)
- [mobile3GPP2](avfoundation/avfiletype/mobile3gpp2.md)
- [mobile3GPP](avfoundation/avfiletype/mobile3gpp.md)
- [mov](avfoundation/avfiletype/mov.md)
- [mp3](avfoundation/avfiletype/mp3.md)
- [mp4](avfoundation/avfiletype/mp4.md)
- [qta](avfoundation/avfiletype/qta.md)
- [tif](avfoundation/avfiletype/tif.md)
- [wav](avfoundation/avfiletype/wav.md)

### Initializers

- [init(_:)](avfoundation/avfiletype/init(_:).md)
- [init(rawValue:)](avfoundation/avfiletype/init(rawvalue:).md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [RawRepresentable](swift/rawrepresentable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### File types

- [AVFileTypeProfile](avfoundation/avfiletypeprofile.md)