MediaCapabilities.decodingInfo()

The MediaCapabilities.decodingInfo() method, part of the Media Capabilities API, returns a promise with the tested media configuration's mediaCapabilitiesInfo; this contains the three Boolean properties supported, smooth, and powerefficient, which describe whether decoding the media described would be supported, smooth, and powerefficient.

Syntax

mediaCapabilities.decodingInfo(MediaDecodingConfiguration)

Parameters

MediaDecodingConfiguration

A valid MediaDecodingConfiguration dictionary containing a valid media decoding type of file or media-source and a valid media configuration: either an AudioConfiguration or a VideoConfiguration.

Return value

A Promise fulfilling with a MediaCapabilitiesInfo interface containing three Boolean attributes:

• supported
• smooth
• powerEfficient

Exceptions

A TypeError is raised if the MediaConfiguration passed to the decodingInfo() method is invalid, either because the type is not video or audio, the contentType is not a valid codec MIME type, the media decoding configuration is not a valid value for the media decoding type, or any other error in the media configuration passed to the method, including omitting values required in the media decoding configuration.

Example

//Create media configuration to be tested
const mediaConfig = {
    type : 'file', // or 'media-source'
    audio : {
        contentType : "audio/ogg", // valid content type 
        channels : 2,     // audio channels used by the track
        bitrate : 132700, // number of bits used to encode 1s of audio 
        samplerate : 5200 // number of audio samples making up that 1s. 
     },
};

// check support and performance
navigator.mediaCapabilities.decodingInfo(mediaConfig).then(result => {
    console.log('This configuration is ' +
        (result.supported ? '' : 'not ') + 'supported, ' +
        (result.smooth ? '' : 'not ') + 'smooth, and ' +
        (result.powerEfficient ? '' : 'not ') + 'power efficient.')
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• MediaDecodingConfiguration
• VideoConfiguration
• AudioConfiguration
• MediaCapabilities.encodingInfo()