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The Media Capabilities API allows websites to get more information about the decoding abilities of the device/system/browser. This enables web developers to make optimal decisions when selecting media streams for the user.
Chrome will always say that a supported media configuration is
smooth and powerEfficient until stats on this device
have been recorded.
const mediaConfig = {
type: 'media-source', // or 'file'
audio: {
contentType: 'audio/webm; codecs=opus',
channels: '2', // audio channels used by the track
bitrate: 132266, // number of bits used to encode a second of audio
samplerate: 48000 // number of samples of audio carried per second
},
video: {
contentType: 'video/webm; codecs="vp09.00.10.08"',
width: 1920,
height: 1080,
bitrate: 2646242, // number of bits used to encode a second of video
framerate: '25' // number of frames used in one second
}
};
navigator.mediaCapabilities.decodingInfo(mediaConfig).then(result => {
log('This configuration is' +
(result.supported ? '' : ' NOT') + ' supported,' +
(result.smooth ? '' : ' NOT') + ' smooth and' +
(result.powerEfficient ? '' : ' NOT') + ' power efficient.');
});