---
title: kMDItemAudioEncodingApplication
framework: coreservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: coreservices/kmditemaudioencodingapplication
---

# kMDItemAudioEncodingApplication

The name of the application that encoded the data contained in the audio file. A CFString.

## Declaration

```swift
let kMDItemAudioEncodingApplication: CFString!
```