---
title: currentSampleFormatDescription
framework: MediaExtension
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
platforms: [macOS 14.0+]
path: mediaextension/mesamplecursor/currentsampleformatdescription
---

# currentSampleFormatDescription

The format description for the sample at the current position of the cursor.

## Declaration

```swift
var currentSampleFormatDescription: CMFormatDescription? { get }
```

## See Also

### Inspecting a sample cursor

- [presentationTimeStamp](mediaextension/mesamplecursor/presentationtimestamp.md)
- [decodeTimeStamp](mediaextension/mesamplecursor/decodetimestamp.md)
- [currentSampleDuration](mediaextension/mesamplecursor/currentsampleduration.md)
- [syncInfo](mediaextension/mesamplecursor/syncinfo.md)
- [dependencyInfo](mediaextension/mesamplecursor/dependencyinfo.md)
- [hevcDependencyInfo](mediaextension/mesamplecursor/hevcdependencyinfo.md)
- [decodeTimeOfLastSampleReachableByForwardSteppingThatIsAlreadyLoadedByByteSource](mediaextension/mesamplecursor/decodetimeoflastsamplereachablebyforwardsteppingthatisalreadyloadedbybytesource.md)