BASELINE NowYouCanUse.com
Limited Availability
id: media-source

Media source

The MediaSource API is a custom data source for media elements commonly used for adaptive streaming. Also known as Media Source Extensions (MSE).
Baseline Status: This feature is currently Limited and is missing in at least one major browser engine.
Desktop Browser Engine Support
Google Chrome
31
Supported
Mozilla Firefox
42
Supported
Apple Safari
8
Supported
Microsoft Edge
12
Supported
Mobile Browser Engine Support
Chrome Android
31
Firefox Android
41
Safari iOS
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Specifications and References
Specification ↗ Can I Use (mediasource) ↗ Feature XML ↗
MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:
api.AudioTrack.sourceBuffer ↗ api.BufferedChangeEvent ↗ api.BufferedChangeEvent.BufferedChangeEvent ↗ api.BufferedChangeEvent.addedRanges ↗ api.BufferedChangeEvent.removedRanges ↗ api.HTMLMediaElement.srcObject ↗ api.MediaSource ↗ api.MediaSource.MediaSource ↗ api.MediaSource.activeSourceBuffers ↗ api.MediaSource.addSourceBuffer ↗ api.MediaSource.canConstructInDedicatedWorker_static ↗ api.MediaSource.clearLiveSeekableRange ↗ api.MediaSource.duration ↗ api.MediaSource.endOfStream ↗ api.MediaSource.handle ↗ api.MediaSource.isTypeSupported_static ↗ api.MediaSource.readyState ↗ api.MediaSource.removeSourceBuffer ↗ api.MediaSource.setLiveSeekableRange ↗ api.MediaSource.sourceBuffers ↗ api.MediaSource.sourceclose_event ↗ api.MediaSource.sourceended_event ↗ api.MediaSource.sourceopen_event ↗ api.MediaSource.worker_support ↗ api.MediaSourceHandle ↗ api.SourceBuffer ↗ api.SourceBuffer.abort ↗ api.SourceBuffer.abort.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.abort_event ↗ api.SourceBuffer.abort_event.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.appendBuffer ↗ api.SourceBuffer.appendBuffer.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.appendWindowEnd ↗ api.SourceBuffer.appendWindowEnd.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.appendWindowStart ↗ api.SourceBuffer.appendWindowStart.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.audioTracks ↗ api.SourceBuffer.audioTracks.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.buffered ↗ api.SourceBuffer.buffered.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.changeType ↗ api.SourceBuffer.changeType.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.error_event ↗ api.SourceBuffer.error_event.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.mode ↗ api.SourceBuffer.mode.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.remove ↗ api.SourceBuffer.remove.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.textTracks ↗ api.SourceBuffer.timestampOffset ↗ api.SourceBuffer.timestampOffset.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.update_event ↗ api.SourceBuffer.update_event.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.updateend_event ↗ api.SourceBuffer.updateend_event.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.updatestart_event ↗ api.SourceBuffer.updatestart_event.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.updating ↗ api.SourceBuffer.updating.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBuffer.videoTracks ↗ api.SourceBuffer.videoTracks.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBufferList ↗ api.SourceBufferList.addsourcebuffer_event ↗ api.SourceBufferList.addsourcebuffer_event.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBufferList.length ↗ api.SourceBufferList.length.worker_support ↗ api.SourceBufferList.removesourcebuffer_event ↗ api.SourceBufferList.removesourcebuffer_event.worker_support ↗ api.TextTrack.sourceBuffer ↗ api.VideoTrack.sourceBuffer ↗