MediaSource.sourceBuffers

The sourceBuffers read-only property of the MediaSource interface returns a SourceBufferList object containing the list of SourceBuffer objects associated with this MediaSource.

Syntax

var mySourceBuffers = mediaSource.sourceBuffers;

Value

A SourceBufferList.

Example

The following snippet is based on a simple example written by Nick Desaulniers (view the full demo live, or download the source for further investigation.)

function sourceOpen (_) {
  //console.log(this.readyState); // open
  var mediaSource = this;
  var sourceBuffer = mediaSource.addSourceBuffer(mimeCodec);
  fetchAB(assetURL, function (buf) {
    sourceBuffer.addEventListener('updateend', function (_) {
      mediaSource.endOfStream();
      console.log(mediaSource.sourceBuffers); // will contain the source buffer that was added above
      video.play();
      //console.log(mediaSource.readyState); // ended
    });
    sourceBuffer.appendBuffer(buf);
  });
};

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Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also

• SourceBuffer
• SourceBufferList