---
title: isContentAuthorizedForPlayback
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avplayeritem/iscontentauthorizedforplayback
---

# isContentAuthorizedForPlayback

A Boolean value that indicates whether the content has been authorized by the user.

## Declaration

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

## Discussion

Discussion This property reports whether the user has provided the necessary credentials to the system in order for the content to be decrypted for playback. Content authorization is independent of application authorization (see isApplicationAuthorizedForPlayback) and that both must be granted in order for an application to be allowed to play protected content. This property is not key-value observable.

## See Also

### Managing playback authorization in macOS

- [isAuthorizationRequiredForPlayback](avfoundation/avplayeritem/isauthorizationrequiredforplayback.md)
- [isApplicationAuthorizedForPlayback](avfoundation/avplayeritem/isapplicationauthorizedforplayback.md)
- [requestContentAuthorizationAsynchronously(withTimeoutInterval:completionHandler:)](avfoundation/avplayeritem/requestcontentauthorizationasynchronously(withtimeoutinterval:completionhandler:).md)
- [contentAuthorizationRequestStatus](avfoundation/avplayeritem/contentauthorizationrequeststatus.md)
- [AVContentAuthorizationStatus](avfoundation/avcontentauthorizationstatus.md)
- [cancelContentAuthorizationRequest()](avfoundation/avplayeritem/cancelcontentauthorizationrequest().md)