AudioData: format property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Dedicated Web Workers.

The format read-only property of the AudioData interface returns the sample format of the AudioData object.

Value

A string. One of:

"u8"

8-bit unsigned integer samples, in an interleaved format.

"s16"

16-bit signed integer samples, in an interleaved format.

"s32"

32-bit signed integer samples, in an interleaved format.

"f32"

32-bit float samples, in an interleaved format.

"u8-planar"

8-bit unsigned integer samples, in a planar format.

"s16-planar"

16-bit signed integer samples, in a planar format.

"s32-planar"

32-bit signed integer samples, in a planar format.

"f32-planar"

32-bit float samples, in a planar format.

Examples

The below example prints the value of format to the console.

js
console.log(AudioData.format);

Specifications

Specification
WebCodecs
# dom-audiodata-format

Browser compatibility

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