# AVPlayer or AVSBDL

**URL:** <https://community.bitmovin.com/t/avplayer-or-avsbdl/3172>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** bitmovin-player, ios, bitmovin\
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/avplayer-or-avsbdl/3172 "2024-07-31T14:12:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yasirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d2c977/32.png) [@yasirk](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/yasirk)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/avplayer-or-avsbdl/3172/1 "2024-07-31T14:12:05Z")

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### Product

Player

### Question

Does the Bitmovin player on iOS use AVPlayer under the hood? or is it based on AVSampleBufferDisplayLayer?

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**Author:** ![Neil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.bitmovin.com/neil/32/118_2.png) [@Neil](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/Neil)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/avplayer-or-avsbdl/3172/2 "2024-08-05T08:27:24Z")

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Hi Yasirk,

Thanks for posting here. Our iOS SDK uses AVPlayer as a foundation, as stated here - [Compare: AVPlayer - Bitmovin](https://bitmovin.com/compare/avplayer/)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/bitmovin/original/1X/1ab86334145095b0af9c5b924fa3ae6d920b6482.png) [@system](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/avplayer-or-avsbdl/3172/3 "2024-08-05T09:27:57Z")

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