VideoTrackGenerator: muted property

Limited availability

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

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

The muted Boolean property of the VideoTrackGenerator interface can be used to temporarily halt or resume the generation of video frames in the output track.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

To pause production of video frames:

js
videoTrackGenerator.muted = true;

To resume production of video frames:

js
videoTrackGenerator.muted = false;

Specifications

Specification
MediaStreamTrack Insertable Media Processing using Streams
# dom-videotrackgenerator-muted

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
muted
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 18 (Release date: 2024-09-16)
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 18 (Release date: 2024-09-16)
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 18 (Release date: 2024-09-16)
footnote Full support

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