MediaRecorder: isTypeSupported() static method
The
MediaRecorder.isTypeSupported()
static method returns a
Boolean which is true
if the MIME type specified is one the user agent
should be able to successfully record.
Syntax
js
MediaRecorder.isTypeSupported(mimeType)
Parameters
mimeType
-
The MIME media type to check.
Return value
true
if the MediaRecorder
implementation is capable of
recording Blob
objects for the specified MIME type. Recording may still
fail if there are insufficient resources to support the recording and encoding process.
If the value is false
, the user agent is incapable of recording the
specified format.
Examples
js
const types = [
"video/webm",
"audio/webm",
"video/webm;codecs=vp8",
"video/webm;codecs=daala",
"video/webm;codecs=h264",
"audio/webm;codecs=opus",
"video/mpeg",
];
for (const type of types) {
console.log(
`Is ${type} supported? ${
MediaRecorder.isTypeSupported(type) ? "Maybe!" : "Nope :("
}`,
);
}
Specifications
Specification |
---|
MediaStream Recording # dom-mediarecorder-istypesupported |
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