This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The src property of the HTMLTrackElement interface reflects the value of the <track> element's src attribute, which indicates the URL of the text track's data.
A string containing the URL of the text track data.
const trackElement = document.getElementById("exampleTrack");
console.log(`Track's URL: ${trackElement.src}`);
trackElement.src = "newTrack.vtt";
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-track-src> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
src |
23 | 12 | 31Before Firefox 50, setting thesrc property did not work properly. |
12 | 6 | 25 | 31Before Firefox for Android 50, setting thesrc property did not work properly. |
12 | 6 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 6 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTrackElement/src