---
title: AVPlayerMediaSelectionCriteria
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: avfoundation/avplayermediaselectioncriteria
---

# AVPlayerMediaSelectionCriteria

An object that specifies the preferred languages and media characteristics for a player.

## Declaration

```swift
class AVPlayerMediaSelectionCriteria
```

## Overview

Overview An instance of this object represents the languages and media characteristics of assets that contain media selection options that a player attempts to select automatically when preparing and playing items. It lists the languages and media characteristics in their preferred order.

## Topics

### Creating media selection criteria

- [init(preferredLanguages:preferredMediaCharacteristics:)](avfoundation/avplayermediaselectioncriteria/init(preferredlanguages:preferredmediacharacteristics:).md)
- [init(principalMediaCharacteristics:preferredLanguages:preferredMediaCharacteristics:)](avfoundation/avplayermediaselectioncriteria/init(principalmediacharacteristics:preferredlanguages:preferredmediacharacteristics:).md)

### Retrieving selection criteria settings

- [preferredLanguages](avfoundation/avplayermediaselectioncriteria/preferredlanguages.md)
- [preferredMediaCharacteristics](avfoundation/avplayermediaselectioncriteria/preferredmediacharacteristics.md)
- [principalMediaCharacteristics](avfoundation/avplayermediaselectioncriteria/principalmediacharacteristics.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.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)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Media selection

- [Selecting subtitles and alternative audio tracks](avfoundation/selecting-subtitles-and-alternative-audio-tracks.md)
- [AVMediaSelection](avfoundation/avmediaselection.md)
- [AVMediaSelectionGroup](avfoundation/avmediaselectiongroup.md)
- [AVMediaSelectionOption](avfoundation/avmediaselectionoption.md)
- [AVMutableMediaSelection](avfoundation/avmutablemediaselection.md)
- [AVCustomMediaSelectionScheme](avfoundation/avcustommediaselectionscheme.md)
- [AVMediaPresentationSelector](avfoundation/avmediapresentationselector.md)
- [AVMediaPresentationSetting](avfoundation/avmediapresentationsetting.md)