Navigator: mediaCapabilities property

The mediaCapabilities read-only property of the Navigator interface references a MediaCapabilities object that can expose information about the decoding and encoding capabilities for a given media format and output capabilities.

Value

A MediaCapabilities object.

Examples

js
navigator.mediaCapabilities
  .decodingInfo({
    type: "file",
    audio: {
      contentType: "audio/mp3",
      channels: 2,
      bitrate: 132700,
      samplerate: 5200,
    },
  })
  .then((result) => {
    console.log(
      `This configuration is ${result.supported ? "" : "not "}supported,`,
    );
    console.log(`${result.smooth ? "" : "not "}smooth, and`);
    console.log(`${result.powerEfficient ? "" : "not "}power efficient.`);
  });

Specifications

Specification
Media Capabilities
# dom-navigator-mediacapabilities

Browser compatibility

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See also