Video videoTracks attribute

HTML DOM Video Object

Definition and usage

videoTracks Properties return the VideoTrackList object.

The VideoTrackList object represents the available video tracks of the video.

Each available video track is represented by a VideoTrack object.

Example

Get the number of available video tracks:

var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").videoTracks.length;

Try it yourself

Syntax

videoObject.videoTracks

Return value

Type Description
VideoTrackList object

Represents the available video tracks of the video.

VideoTrackList object:

  • videoTracks.length - Get the number of available video tracks in the video
  • videoTracks.getTrackById(id) - Get the VideoTrack object by id
  • videoTracks[index] - Get the VideoTrack object by index
  • videoTracks.selectedIndex - Get the index of the current VideoTrack object

Note:The first available VideoTrack object is at index 0.
VideoTrack object

Represents the video track.

VideoTrack object properties:

  • id - Get the id of the video track
  • kind - Get the type of the video track
  • label - Get the label of the video track
  • language - Get the language of the video track
  • selected - Get or set whether the track is in an active state (true|false)

The value of the kind attribute:

  • "alternative"
  • "captions"
  • "main"
  • "sign"
  • "subtitles"
  • "commentary"
  • "" (Empty String)

Browser Support

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HTML DOM Video Object