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AVFoundation

AVFoundation is the full featured framework for working with time-based audiovisual media on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. Using AVFoundation, you can easily play, create, and edit QuickTime movies and MPEG-4 files, play HLS streams, and build powerful media functionality into your apps.

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Advanced Video Quality Tool
Color Test Patterns
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) authoring specification for Apple devices
QuickTime Y’CbCr Rendering (Ice Floe Dispatch 27)
Uncompressed Y ́CbCr Video in QuickTime (Ice Floe Dispatch 19)

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QuickTime Test Pattern Usage Agreement

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