The HTML DOM Video canPlayType() returns a string corresponding to whether the browser can play the specified video type or not.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Returning boolean value - true/false
videoObject.canPlayType(typeAsParameter)
Here, the return value can be the following −
| returnValue | Details |
|---|---|
| probably | It defines that browser mostlikely supports the specified video type |
| maybe | It defines that browsermight support the specified video type, but playback will have tobe attempted to be sure |
| "" (empty string) | It defines that browserdefinitely doesn’t supports the specified video type |
Let us see an example of Video canPlayType() property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML DOM Video canPlayType()</title>
<style>
* {
padding: 2px;
margin:5px;
}
form {
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
input[type="button"] {
border-radius: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>HTML-DOM-Video-canPlayType( )</legend>
<video id="demo" width="320" controls><source src="" type="video/mp4"></video><br>
<input type="button" onclick="getTrackDetails()" value="Does Browser Supports video/mp4?">
<div id="divDisplay">
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
var demo = document.getElementById("demo");
var srcOfMedia = 'https://www.tutorialspoint.com/html5/foo.mp4';
function getTrackDetails() {
var ans = demo.canPlayType('video/mp4');
if(ans !== ''){
divDisplay.textContent = 'Browser supports mp4';
demo.src = srcOfMedia;
demo.load();
}
else
divDisplay.textContent = 'Browser does not supports mp4';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Before clicking ‘Does Browser Supports video/mp4?’ button −
After clicking ‘Does Browser Supports video/mp4’ button −
