MediaRecorder.mimeType

The MediaRecorder.mimeType read-only property returns the mime type that was selected as the recording container when it was created.

Syntax

JavaScript
var mimeType = MediaRecorder.mimeType

Values

A DOMString.

Example

JavaScript
...

<code class="language-html">navigator.getUserMedia = (navigator.getUserMedia ||
                          navigator.mozGetUserMedia ||
                          navigator.msGetUserMedia ||
                          navigator.webkitGetUserMedia);


if (navigator.getUserMedia) {
  console.log('getUserMedia supported.');

  var constraints = { audio: true, video: true };
  var chunks = [];

  </code>var onSuccess = function(stream) {
    var options = {
      audioBitsPerSecond : 128000,
      videoBitsPerSecond : 2500000,
      mimeType : 'video/mp4'
    }
    var mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder(stream,options);
    m = mediaRecorder;

    m.mimeType; // would return 'video/mp4'

...

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
MediaStream Recording
The definition of 'MediaRecorder.mimeType' in that specification.
Working Draft Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 47[2] 25.0 (25.0) No support No support No support
Feature Android Android Webview Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile Chrome for Android
Basic support No support No support 25.0 (25.0) 1.3[1] No support No support No support No support

[1] The intial Firefox OS implementation only supported audio recording.

[2] To try this feature on Chrome, enable Experimental Web Platform features from chrome://flags . Currently only video is supported, not audio.

See also

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/mediarecorder/mimetype

API MediaRecorder mimeType Property Reference