ManagedSourceBuffer

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.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The ManagedSourceBuffer interface of the Media Source Extensions API is a SourceBuffer that is created by a ManagedMediaSource when addSourceBuffer() is called. It inherits all the properties and methods of SourceBuffer, and additionally fires a bufferedchange event whenever the buffered ranges change — including when the user agent evicts content as part of its memory cleanup algorithm.

Applications should listen for the bufferedchange event to track changes to buffered data, since a ManagedMediaSource may evict content at any time for reasons such as memory or hardware limitations.

EventTarget SourceBuffer ManagedSourceBuffer

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent interface, SourceBuffer.

Instance methods

Inherits methods from its parent interface, SourceBuffer.

Events

Also inherits events from its parent interface, SourceBuffer.

bufferedchange

Fired when the ManagedSourceBuffer's buffered range changes, following a call to appendBuffer(), remove(), endOfStream(), or as a consequence of the user agent running the memory cleanup algorithm.

Examples

Listening for buffered range changes

This example sets up a ManagedMediaSource, adds a ManagedSourceBuffer, fetches a fragmented MP4 file, and listens for the bufferedchange event to log any changes to the buffered ranges.

js
const videoUrl =
  "https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/videos/flower-fragmented.mp4";
const mediaType = 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2"';

if (ManagedMediaSource.isTypeSupported(mediaType)) {
  const source = new ManagedMediaSource();
  const video = document.createElement("video");

  video.controls = true;
  video.disableRemotePlayback = true;
  video.src = URL.createObjectURL(source);
  document.body.appendChild(video);

  source.addEventListener("sourceopen", async () => {
    const sourceBuffer = source.addSourceBuffer(mediaType);

    sourceBuffer.addEventListener("bufferedchange", (event) => {
      for (let i = 0; i < event.addedRanges.length; i++) {
        console.log(
          `Added: ${event.addedRanges.start(i)}s - ${event.addedRanges.end(i)}s`,
        );
      }
    });

    const response = await fetch(videoUrl);
    const data = await response.arrayBuffer();
    sourceBuffer.appendBuffer(data);
  });
}

Specifications

Specification
Media Source Extensions™
# dom-managedsourcebuffer

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
ManagedSourceBuffer
Experimental
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – Full support
Safari 17 (Release date: 2023-09-18)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 17.1 (Release date: 2023-10-25)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 17.1 (Release date: 2023-10-25)
footnote Full support
bufferedchange event
Experimental
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – Full support
Safari 17 (Release date: 2023-09-18)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 17.1 (Release date: 2023-10-25)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 17.1 (Release date: 2023-10-25)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also