AVPlayerItemMBS.available as boolean

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	AVFoundation	MBS AVFoundation Plugin	13.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	All

Whether this class is available.

Returns true on Mac OS X 10.7 and newer.

AVPlayerItemMBS.playerItemWithAsset(asset as AVAssetMBS) as AVPlayerItemMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	AVFoundation	MBS AVFoundation Plugin	13.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	All

Returns a new player item for a given asset.

See also:

• playerItemWithAsset(asset as AVAssetMBS, automaticallyLoadedAssetKeys() as string) as AVPlayerItemMBS

Some examples using this method:

• /AVFoundation/Donut Video Player
• /AVFoundation/Donut Video Player Overlay
• /AVFoundation/Simple Player
• /AVFoundation/Transparent Player

AVPlayerItemMBS.playerItemWithAsset(asset as AVAssetMBS, automaticallyLoadedAssetKeys() as string) as AVPlayerItemMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	AVFoundation	MBS AVFoundation Plugin	14.0	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	All

Creates and initializes a player item with an array of AVAsset keys.

asset: An instance of AVAsset.
automaticallyLoadedAssetKeys: An array of strings, each representing a property key defined by AVAsset.
Returns an initialized instance of AVPlayerItem.

The value of each key in automaticallyLoadedAssetKeys will be automatically be loaded by the underlying AVAsset before the receiver achieves the status AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay; i.e. when the item is ready to play, the value returned by invoking the asset property's statusOfValueForKey:error: method will be one of the terminal status values, either AVKeyValueStatusLoaded, AVKeyValueStatusFailed, or AVKeyValueStatusCancelled.

Important: The asset property keys "playable" and "compatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum" are not eligible for automatic loading by AVPlayerItem. You must use the AVAsset method loadValuesAsynchronouslyForKeys:completionHandler: to load the values of those properties asynchronously.

Available in OS X v10.9 and later.

See also:

• playerItemWithAsset(asset as AVAssetMBS) as AVPlayerItemMBS

AVPlayerItemMBS.playerItemWithFile(file as folderitem) as AVPlayerItemMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	AVFoundation	MBS AVFoundation Plugin	13.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	All

Returns a new player item, prepared to use a given folderitem.

File: A folderitem.
Returns a new player item, prepared to use folderitem.

This method immediately returns the item, but with the status AVPlayerItemStatusUnknown.
If the URL contains valid data that can be used by the player item, the status later changes to AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay.
If the URL contains no valid data or otherwise can't be used by the player item, the status later changes to AVPlayerItemStatusFailed.

AVPlayerItemMBS.playerItemWithURL(URL as string) as AVPlayerItemMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	AVFoundation	MBS AVFoundation Plugin	13.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	All

Returns a new player item, prepared to use a given URL.

URL: An URL.
Returns a new player item, prepared to use URL.

This method immediately returns the item, but with the status AVPlayerItemStatusUnknown.
If the URL contains valid data that can be used by the player item, the status later changes to AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay.
If the URL contains no valid data or otherwise can't be used by the player item, the status later changes to AVPlayerItemStatusFailed.