1# Module Description 2<!--Kit: Media Kit--> 3<!--Subsystem: Multimedia--> 4<!--Owner: @wang-haizhou6--> 5<!--Designer: @HmQQQ--> 6<!--Tester: @xchaosioda--> 7<!--Adviser: @zengyawen--> 8 9> **NOTE** 10> 11> The initial APIs of this module are supported since API version 6. Newly added APIs will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version. 12 13The multimedia subsystem provides a set of simple and easy-to-use APIs for you to access the system and use media resources. 14 15This subsystem offers the following audio and video services: 16 17- Audio and video playback ([AVPlayer](arkts-apis-media-AVPlayer.md)<sup>9+</sup>) 18 19- Audio and video recording ([AVRecorder](arkts-apis-media-AVRecorder.md)<sup>9+</sup>) 20 21- Video transcoding ([AVTranscoder](arkts-apis-media-AVTranscoder.md)<sup>12+</sup>) 22 23- Obtaining audio and video metadata ([AVMetadataExtractor](arkts-apis-media-AVMetadataExtractor.md)<sup>11+</sup>) 24 25- Obtaining video thumbnails [AVImageGenerator](arkts-apis-media-AVImageGenerator.md)<sup>12+</sup> 26 27- Screen capture ([AVScreenCaptureRecorder](arkts-apis-media-AVScreenCaptureRecorder.md)<sup>12+</sup>) 28 29## Modules to Import 30 31```ts 32import { media } from '@kit.MediaKit'; 33``` 34