This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
Note: This feature is available in Dedicated Web Workers.
The flush() method of the VideoEncoder interface forces all pending encodes to complete.
flush()
None.
A Promise that resolves once the encoder's initialization is completed and all pending EncodedVideoChunks are returned.
InvalidStateError DOMException
Returned if the Promise is rejected because the state is not configured.
The following example flushes the VideoEncoder.
VideoEncoder.flush();
| Specification |
|---|
| WebCodecs> # dom-videoencoder-flush> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
flush |
94 | 94 | 130 | 80 | 16.4 | 94 | No | 66 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 94 | 16.4 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoEncoder/flush