AudioData: format property
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Note: This feature is available in Dedicated Web Workers.
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The format read-only property of the AudioData interface returns the sample format of the AudioData object.
Value
A string. One of:
"u8"-
8-bit unsigned integer samples, in an interleaved format.
"s16"-
16-bit signed integer samples, in an interleaved format.
"s32"-
32-bit signed integer samples, in an interleaved format.
"f32"-
32-bit float samples, in an interleaved format.
"u8-planar"-
8-bit unsigned integer samples, in a planar format.
"s16-planar"-
16-bit signed integer samples, in a planar format.
"s32-planar"-
32-bit signed integer samples, in a planar format.
"f32-planar"-
32-bit float samples, in a planar format.
Examples
The below example prints the value of format to the console.
console.log(AudioData.format);
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| WebCodecs # dom-audiodata-format |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser