HTML | DOM Audio canPlayType() Method

Last Updated : 14 Apr, 2021

The Audio canPlayType() method is used for checking if the browser can play the specified audio type or not.
Return: The Audio canPlayType() method generally returns one of the following values:

“probably”: It means that this audio type is most likely supported for browser.
“maybe”: It means that the browser might support this audio type.
“” (empty string): It means that the browser does not support this audio type.

Syntax

audioObject.canPlayType(type)

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        DOM Audio canPlayType( ) Method
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center">
 
    <h1 style="color: green"> 
    GeeksforGeeks 
</h1>
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact"> 
    Audio canPlayType() Method 
</h2>
    <br>
 
     
<p>
        Does the browser support playing OGG audios? <span> 
<button ondblclick= 
        "My_Audio(event, 'audio/ogg', 'vorbis')"
        type="button">Check</button> 
</span></p>
 
 
     
<p>Does the browser support playing OGG audios? <span> 
<button ondblclick= 
        "My_Audio(event, 'audio/ogg', 'vorbis')"
        type="button">Check</button> 
</span></p>
 
 
    <script>
        function My_Audio(e, vidType, codType) {
 
            var v = document.createElement("Video");
            isSupp =
                v.canPlayType(vidType + ';codecs="' + codType + '"');
 
            if (isSupp == "") {
                isSupp = "No";
            }
 
            e.target.parentNode.innerHTML =
                "Compatilibility : " + isSupp;
 
        }
    </script>
 
</body>
 
</html>