SourceBuffer: remove() method

Limited availability

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

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Note: This feature is available in Dedicated Web Workers.

The remove() method of the SourceBuffer interface removes media segments within a specific time range from the SourceBuffer. This method can only be called when SourceBuffer.updating equals false. If SourceBuffer.updating is not equal to false, call SourceBuffer.abort().

Syntax

remove(start, end)

Parameters

start: A double representing the start of the time range, in seconds.
end: A double representing the end of the time range, in seconds.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

InvalidAccessError DOMException: Thrown if either the MediaSource.duration property is equal to NaN, the start parameter is negative or greater than MediaSource.duration, or the end parameter is less than or equal to start or equal to NaN.
InvalidStateError DOMException: Thrown if the SourceBuffer.updating property is equal to true, or this SourceBuffer has been removed from MediaSource.

Examples

TBD.

Specifications

Specification
Media Source Extensions™ # dom-sourcebuffer-remove

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
`remove`	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

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

SourceBuffer: remove() method

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