The method canPlayType() in HTML5 determines whether the browser can play the specified audio/video type.

Example

Detect whether your browser can play different types of videos:

myVid=document.createElement('video');
isSupp=myVid.canPlayType(vidType+';codecs="'+codType+'"');

Definition and usage

canPlayType() method browsing Whether the device can play the specified audio/video type.

The canPlayType() method can return one of the following values:

• "probably" - The browser is most likely to support this audio/video type

• "maybe" - The browser may support this audio/video type

• "" - (empty string) The browser does not support this audio /Video Type

Browser support

All browsers support the canPlayType() method.

Note: This method is not supported in Internet Explorer 8 and earlier.

Syntax

audio|video.canPlayType(type))

Parameters

Return value

Value	Description
type	specifies the audio/video type to be detected. Common values: video/ogg ##video/mp4 video/webm audio/mpeg audio/ogg ##audio/mp4 Common values, including codecs: video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis" video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4D401E, mp4a.40.2" video/webm; codecs="vp8.0, vorbis" audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis" ##audio/mp4; codecs="mp4a.40.5" Note: Only "probably" can be returned if the codec is included.

TypeDescriptionString

indicates the supported level. Possible values:	"probably" - most likely supported "maybe" - probably supported "" - (empty string)

is not supported

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