---
title: AVVideoCodecType
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: avfoundation/avvideocodectype
---

# AVVideoCodecType

A set of constants that describe the codecs the system supports for video capture.

## Declaration

```swift
struct AVVideoCodecType
```

## Mentioned in

Recording movies in alternative formats

## Topics

### Video codecs

- [h264](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/h264.md)
- [hevc](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/hevc.md)
- [hevcWithAlpha](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/hevcwithalpha.md)
- [jpeg](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/jpeg.md)
- [JPEGXL](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/jpegxl.md)
- [proRes422](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores422.md)
- [proRes422LT](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores422lt.md)
- [proRes422HQ](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores422hq.md)
- [proRes422Proxy](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores422proxy.md)
- [proRes4444](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/prores4444.md)
- [proResRAW](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/proresraw.md)
- [proResRAWHQ](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/proresrawhq.md)
- [appleProRes4444XQ](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/appleprores4444xq.md)

### Deprecated

- [AVVideoCodecH264](avfoundation/avvideocodech264.md)
- [AVVideoCodecHEVC](avfoundation/avvideocodechevc.md)
- [AVVideoCodecJPEG](avfoundation/avvideocodecjpeg.md)
- [AVVideoCodecAppleProRes422](avfoundation/avvideocodecappleprores422.md)
- [AVVideoCodecAppleProRes4444](avfoundation/avvideocodecappleprores4444.md)

### Initializers

- [init(rawValue:)](avfoundation/avvideocodectype/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

### Video codecs

- [AVVideoCodecKey](avfoundation/avvideocodeckey.md)