Is It Possible To Check Which Video/audio `codec` Supported By Which Browser Using Js?

More precisely, I would like to check which codecs I can use in a browser for video/audio elements in HTML5. (e.g. Safari supports H.264, but I also would like to know which codecs

Solution 1:

Reference link : https://www.nomensa.com/blog/2011/detecting-browser-compatibility-html5-video-and-audio You can do something like this :

// Define the get_mime function
var get_mime = function(filetype) {
  var mimetype = '';
  var media_container = 'video';
  switch (filetype) {
    case 'mp4':
      mimetype = 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"';
      break;
    case 'ogg':
      mimetype = 'video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"';
      break;
    case 'webm':
      mimetype = 'video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"';
      break;
    case 'mp3':
      mimetype = 'audio/mpeg';
      media_container = 'audio';
      break;
  }
  return {
    'mimetype': mimetype,
    'container': media_container
  };
};

// Check to see if the browser can render the file type
// using HTML5
var supports_media = function(mimetype, container) {
  var elem = document.createElement(container);
  if (typeof elem.canPlayType == ‘ function’) {
    var playable = elem.canPlayType(mimetype);
    if ((playable.toLowerCase() == 'maybe') || (playable.toLowerCase() == 'probably')) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
};

// When the DOM has loaded check the file extension of each media link
// and serve up appropriate media player
$(document).ready(function() {
  $(‘a.youtube - links’).each(function() {
    var path = $(this).attr(‘href’);
    var extension = path.substring(path.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);
    var extension_info = get_mime(extension);
    if (supports_media(extension_info.mimetype, extension_info.container)) {
      // Serve up an HTML5 Media Player and controls
      serve_html5();
    } else {
      // Serve up a flash based video for browsers that
      //will not play the file using HTML5
      serve_flash();
    }
  });
});