The activeSourceBuffers
read-only property of the MediaSource
interface returns a SourceBufferList
object containing a subset of the SourceBuffer
objects contained within sourceBuffers
— the list of objects providing the selected video track, enabled audio tracks, and shown/hidden text tracks.
Syntax
var myActiveSourceBuffers = mediaSource.activeSourceBuffers;
Value
A SourceBufferList
containing the SourceBuffer
objects for each of the active tracks.
Example
The following snippet is based on a simple example written by Nick Desaulniers (view the full demo live, or download the source for further investigation.)
function sourceOpen (_) {
//console.log(this.readyState); // open
var mediaSource = this;
var sourceBuffer = mediaSource.addSourceBuffer(mimeCodec);
fetchAB(assetURL, function (buf) {
sourceBuffer.addEventListener('updateend', function (_) {
mediaSource.endOfStream();
console.log(mediaSource.activeSourceBuffers);
// will contain the source buffer that was added above,
// as it is selected for playing in the video player
video.play();
//console.log(mediaSource.readyState); // ended
});
sourceBuffer.appendBuffer(buf);
});
};
...
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Media Source Extensions The definition of 'activeSourceBuffers' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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activeSourceBuffers | Chrome Full support 23 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox
Full support
42
| IE
Full support
11
| Opera Full support 15 | Safari Full support 8 | WebView Android Full support 4.4.3 | Chrome Android Full support 25 | Firefox Android Full support 41 | Opera Android Full support 14 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.