MediaStream.getAudioTracks()

The getAudioTracks() method of the MediaStream interface returns a sequence that represents all the MediaStreamTrack objects in this stream's track set where MediaStreamTrack.kind is audio.

Syntax

var mediaStreamTracks = mediaStream.getAudioTracks()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An array of MediaStreamTrack objects, one for each audio track contained in the stream. Audio tracks are those tracks whose kind property is audio. The array is empty if the stream contains no audio tracks.

Note: The order of the returned tracks is not defined by the specification and may, in fact, change from one call to getAudioTracks() to the next.

Early versions of this API included a special AudioStreamTrack interface which was used as the type for each entry in the list of audio streams; however, this has since been merged into the main MediaStreamTrack interface.

Example

This example gets a webcam's audio and video in a stream using getUserMedia(), attaches the stream to a <video> element, then sets a timer that, upon expiring, will stop the first audio track found on the stream.

navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({audio: true, video: true})
.then(mediaStream => {
  document.querySelector('video').srcObject = mediaStream;
  // Stop the audio stream after 5 seconds
  setTimeout(() => {
    const tracks = mediaStream.getAudioTracks()
    tracks[0].stop()
  }, 5000)
})

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Media Capture and Streams
The definition of 'getAudioTracks()' in that specification.
Candidate Recommendation Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
getAudioTracksChrome Full support 26Edge Full support 12Firefox Full support 22
Notes
Full support 22
Notes
Notes Prior to Firefox 64, this method returned an array of AudioStreamTrack objects. However, MediaStreamTrack has now subsumed that interface's functionality.
IE No support NoOpera Full support YesSafari Full support YesWebView Android Full support 37Chrome Android Full support 26Firefox Android Full support 22
Notes
Full support 22
Notes
Notes Prior to Firefox 64, this method returned an array of AudioStreamTrack objects. However, MediaStreamTrack has now subsumed that interface's functionality.
Opera Android No support NoSafari iOS Full support YesSamsung Internet Android Full support 1.5

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See implementation notes.
See implementation notes.