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MediaStream.getVideoTracks

The getVideoTracks() method of the MediaStream interface returns a sequence of MediaStreamTrack objects representing the video tracks in this stream.

Syntax

var mediaStreamTracks[] = mediaStream.getVideoTracks();

Parameters

None.

Return value

An array of MediaStreamTrack objects, one for each video track contained in the media stream. Video tracks are those tracks whose kind property is video. The array is empty if the stream contains no video tracks.

Note: The order of the tracks is not defined by the specification, and may not be the same from one call to getVideoTracks() to another.

Early versions of this API included a special VideoStreamTrack interface which was used as the type for each entry in the list of video streams; however, this has since been merged into the main MediaStreamTrack interface.

Example

The following example, extracted from Chrome's Image Capture / Photo Resolution Sample, uses getVideoTracks() to retrieve a track for passing to the ImageCapture() constructor.

var imageCapture;

navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({video: true})
.then(mediaStream => {
  document.querySelector('video').srcObject = mediaStream;

  const track = mediaStream.getVideoTracks()[0];
  imageCapture = new ImageCapture(track);

  return imageCapture.getPhotoCapabilities();
})

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Media Capture and Streams
The definition of 'getVideoTracks()' in that specification.
Candidate Recommendation Initial definition.

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support Yes 12 ? ? Yes ?
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaStream/getVideoTracks