MediaStreamTrack: kind property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2017.

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The kind read-only property of the MediaStreamTrack interface returns a string set to "audio" if the track is an audio track and to "video" if it is a video track. It doesn't change if the track is disassociated from its source.

Value

The possible values are a string with one of the following values:

  • "audio": the track is an audio track.
  • "video": the track is a video track.

Specifications

Specification
Media Capture and Streams
# dom-mediastreamtrack-kind

Browser compatibility

See also