canPlayType

Method of dom/HTMLMediaElementdom/HTMLMediaElement

Syntax

var object = object.canPlayType();

Return Value

Returns an object of type DOM NodeDOM Node

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

String

The type of media that is most likely to be rendered.

The type of media that might be able to be rendered

The media type cannot be rendered.

Syntax

Standards information

• HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.8.9.2

See also

Related pages

• mediamedia
• audio
• audio
• video

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]