.Dd November 11, 2016
.Dt AVCAssistant 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm AVCAssistant
.Nd CoreMediaIO DAL Assistant Process.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is used by the CoreMediaIO Device Abstraction Layer Plug-In that provides audio/video capture from FireWire (IEEE 1394) AVC-class devices (DV and HDV cameras and decks) using AVFoundation Capture APIs.  The process allows multiple applications to simultaneously capture from the same AVC device.