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 state read-only property of the VideoEncoder interface returns the current state of the underlying codec.
A string containing one of the following values:
"unconfigured"The codec is not configured for decoding.
"configured"The codec has a valid configuration and is ready.
"closed"The codec is no longer usable and system resources have been released.
The following example prints the state of the VideoEncoder to the console.
console.log(VideoEncoder.state);
| Specification |
|---|
| WebCodecs> # dom-videoencoder-state> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
state |
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/state