Baseline Widely available
The HTMLMediaElement
method canPlayType()
reports how likely it is that the current browser will be able to play media of a given MIME type.
type
A string specifying the MIME type of the media and (optionally) a codecs
parameter containing a comma-separated list of the supported codecs.
A string indicating how likely it is that the media can be played. The string will be one of the following values:
""
(empty string)
The media cannot be played on the current device.
probably
The media is probably playable on this device.
maybe
There is not enough information to determine whether the media can play (until playback is actually attempted).
let obj = document.createElement("video");
console.log(obj.canPlayType("video/mp4")); // "maybe"
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