---
title: copyCurrentSampleFormatDescription()
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: avfoundation/avsamplecursor/copycurrentsampleformatdescription()
---

# copyCurrentSampleFormatDescription()

Returns the format description of the sample at the cursor’s current position.

## Declaration

```swift
func copyCurrentSampleFormatDescription() -> CMFormatDescription
```

## Return Value

Return Value The current sample’s format description.

## See Also

### Getting sample information

- [currentChunkInfo](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentchunkinfo.md)
- [AVSampleCursorChunkInfo](avfoundation/avsamplecursorchunkinfo.md)
- [currentChunkStorageRange](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentchunkstoragerange.md)
- [AVSampleCursorStorageRange](avfoundation/avsamplecursorstoragerange.md)
- [currentChunkStorageURL](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentchunkstorageurl.md)
- [currentSampleDependencyInfo](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentsampledependencyinfo.md)
- [AVSampleCursorDependencyInfo](avfoundation/avsamplecursordependencyinfo.md)
- [currentSampleDuration](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentsampleduration.md)
- [currentSampleIndexInChunk](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentsampleindexinchunk.md)
- [currentSampleStorageRange](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentsamplestoragerange.md)
- [currentSampleSyncInfo](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentsamplesyncinfo.md)
- [AVSampleCursorSyncInfo](avfoundation/avsamplecursorsyncinfo.md)
- [currentSampleAudioDependencyInfo](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentsampleaudiodependencyinfo.md)
- [currentSampleDependencyAttachments](avfoundation/avsamplecursor/currentsampledependencyattachments.md)