The kind
property contains a string indicating the category of audio contained in the AudioTrack
. The kind
can be used to determine the scenarios in which specific tracks should be enabled or disabled. See Audio track kind strings for a list of the kinds available for audio tracks.
Syntax
var trackKind = AudioTrack.kind;
Value
A DOMString
specifying the type of content the media represents. The string is one of those found in Audio track kind strings below.
Audio track kind strings
The kinds available for audio tracks are:
"alternative"
- A potential alternative to the main track, such as a different audio take or a version of the soundtrack with only the music and no dialogue.
"descriptions"
- An audio track providing audible descriptions of the action depicted in a video track.
"main"
- The primary audio track.
"main-desc"
- The primary audio track with audio descriptions mixed into it.
"translation"
- A translated version of the primary audio track.
"commentary"
- An audio track containing a commentary. This might be used to contain the director's commentary track on a movie, for example.
""
(empty string)- The track doesn't have an explicit kind, or the kind provided by the track's metadata isn't recognized by the user agent.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'AudioTrack: kind' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
HTML5 The definition of 'AudioTrack.kind' in that specification. |
Recommendation |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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kind | Chrome
Full support
45
| Edge
Full support
79
| Firefox
Full support
33
| IE Full support 10 | Opera
Full support
32
| Safari Full support 6.1 | WebView Android Full support 45 | Chrome Android
Full support
45
| Firefox Android
Full support
33
| Opera Android
Full support
32
| Safari iOS Full support 7 | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.