---
title: preferredMinSampleCount
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/preferredminsamplecount
---

# preferredMinSampleCount

The preferred minimum number of samples to load.

## Declaration

```swift
var preferredMinSampleCount: Int { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion A value that isn’t 0 indicates the preferred number of samples to load. Fewer samples may be loaded if there is a change of format description.

## See Also

### Configuring sample buffer request parameters

- [direction](avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/direction-swift.property.md)
- [AVSampleBufferRequest.Direction](avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/direction-swift.enum.md)
- [limitCursor](avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/limitcursor.md)
- [maxSampleCount](avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/maxsamplecount.md)
- [mode](avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/mode-swift.property.md)
- [AVSampleBufferRequest.Mode](avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/mode-swift.enum.md)
- [overrideTime](avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/overridetime.md)
- [startCursor](avfoundation/avsamplebufferrequest/startcursor.md)