SourceBuffer: appendWindowEnd 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 appendWindowEnd property of the SourceBuffer interface controls the timestamp for the end of the append window, a timestamp range that can be used to filter what media data is appended to the SourceBuffer. Coded media frames with timestamps within this range will be appended, whereas those outside the range will be filtered out.

The default value of appendWindowEnd is positive infinity.

Value

A double, indicating the end time of the append window, in seconds.

Exceptions

The following exceptions may be thrown when setting a new value for this property:

InvalidAccessError DOMException

Thrown if an attempt was made to set the value to less than or equal to SourceBuffer.appendWindowStart or NaN.

InvalidStateError DOMException

Thrown if this SourceBuffer object is being updated (i.e., its SourceBuffer.updating property is currently true), or this SourceBuffer has been removed from the MediaSource.

Examples

TBD

Specifications

Specification
Media Source Extensions™
# dom-sourcebuffer-appendwindowend

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
appendWindowEnd
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 23 (Release date: 2012-11-06)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 8 (Release date: 2014-10-16)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 33 (Release date: 2014-02-26)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Partial support
Safari on iOS 13 (Release date: 2019-09-19)
footnote Partial support
footnote Exposed in Mobile Safari on iPad but not on iPhone.
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 3 (Release date: 2015-04-10)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4.3 (Release date: 2014-06-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
Available in workers
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 108 (Release date: 2022-11-29)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 108 (Release date: 2022-12-05)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 94 (Release date: 2022-12-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 108 (Release date: 2022-11-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 73 (Release date: 2023-01-17)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 21 (Release date: 2023-05-19)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 108 (Release date: 2022-11-29)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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

See also