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HTMLMediaElement.srcObject attribute

Category

Realtime / Communication

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 52)

Intent stage

None

Summary

The srcObject attribute allows associating a MediaStream to a media element using a simple assignment. Previously, achieving this required first obtaining a URL associated to the MediaStream, and then associating this URL to the media element.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#media-elements
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: In development
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/595326

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/srcObject

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