Members
Methods
anyMediaElement() → {HTMLMediaElement}
For canPlayType queries, we just need any instance.
First, use a cached element from a previous query.
Second, search the page for one.
Third, create a temporary one.
Cached elements expire in one second so that they can be GC'd or removed.
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Returns:
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- HTMLMediaElement
isApple() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is from Apple.
Returns true on all iOS browsers and on desktop Safari.
Returns false for non-Safari browsers on macOS, which are independent of
Apple.
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- boolean
isChrome() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is Google Chrome.
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Returns:
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- boolean
isChromecast() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is a Google Chromecast.
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Returns:
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- boolean
isEdge() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is MS Edge.
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Returns:
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- boolean
isIE() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is MS IE.
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Returns:
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- boolean
isLegacyEdge() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is Legacy Edge.
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Returns:
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- boolean
isMobile() → {boolean}
Guesses if the platform is a mobile one (iOS or Android).
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- boolean
isPS5() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is Playstation 5.
Returns true on Playstation 5 browsers.
Returns false for Playstation 5 browsers
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- boolean
isTizen() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is a Tizen TV.
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Returns:
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- boolean
isTizen2() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is a Tizen 2 TV.
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- boolean
isTizen3() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is a Tizen 3 TV.
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- boolean
isTizen4() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is a Tizen 4 TV.
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Returns:
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- boolean
isWebOS() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is a WebOS.
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- boolean
isXboxOne() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform is an Xbox One.
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- boolean
requiresEncryptionInfoInAllInitSegments() → {boolean}
Returns true if the platform requires encryption information in all init
segments. For such platforms, MediaSourceEngine will attempt to work
around a lack of such info by inserting fake encryption information into
initialization segments.
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- boolean
safariVersion() → {number}
Returns a major version number for Safari, or Safari-based iOS browsers.
For example:
- Safari 13.0.4 on macOS returns 13.
- Safari on iOS 13.3.1 returns 13.
- Chrome on iOS 13.3.1 returns 13 (since this is based on Safari/WebKit).
- Chrome on macOS returns null (since this is independent of Apple).
Returns null on Firefox on iOS, where this version information is not
available.
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Returns:
A major version number or null if not iOS.
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- number
supportsMediaSource() → {boolean}
Check if the current platform supports media source. We assume that if
the current platform supports media source, then we can use media source
as per its design.
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- boolean
supportsMediaType(mimeType) → {boolean}
Returns true if the media type is supported natively by the platform.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
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mimeType |
string |
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- boolean
userAgentContains_(key) → {boolean}
Check if the user agent contains a key. This is the best way we know of
right now to detect platforms. If there is a better way, please send a
PR.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
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key |
string |
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- boolean