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VideoTrack: sourceBuffer property

Limited availability

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

The read-only VideoTrack property sourceBuffer returns the SourceBuffer that created the track, or null if the track was not created by a SourceBuffer or the SourceBuffer has been removed from the MediaSource.sourceBuffers attribute of its parent media source.

Value

A SourceBuffer or null.

Specifications

Specification
Media Source Extensions™
# dom-videotrack-sourcebuffer

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
sourceBuffer
Chrome – No support
Chrome 51 (Release date: 2016-05-25)
disabled
disabled From version 51 users must explicitly set the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference to enabled. To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.
Edge – No support
Edge 12 – 18 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
unknown Support unknown
Edge – No support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
disabled
disabled From version 79 users must explicitly set the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference to enabled. To change preferences in Edge, visit about:flags.
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – No support
Opera 38 (Release date: 2016-06-08)
disabled
disabled From version 38 users must explicitly set the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference to enabled. To change preferences in Opera, visit opera://flags.
Safari – Full support
Safari 7 (Release date: 2013-10-22)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android 51 (Release date: 2016-06-08)
disabled
disabled From version 51 users must explicitly set the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference to enabled. To change preferences in Chrome Android, visit chrome://flags.
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No 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.
footnote See bug 200147
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – Partial support
WebView on iOS 13 (Release date: 2019-09-19)
footnote Partial support
footnote Exposed in Mobile Safari on iPad but not on iPhone.
footnote See bug 200147

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