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language

Summary

Returns the language of the given track, if known, or the empty string otherwise.

Property of apis/audio-video/AudioTrackapis/audio-video/AudioTrack

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = AudioTrack.language;

Return Value

Returns an object of type StringString

Examples

(function () { // grab the video element var video = document.getElementById("video"); video.addEventListener("loadeddata", function () { // get the audiotracks from the video when it's loaded var audioTracks = video.audioTracks; var tracksSelection = document.getElementById("tracksSelection"); // loop through the audio tracks for (var i = 0; i < audioTracks.length; i++) { // create options for the dropdownlist with the id's // and languages of the tracks var opt = document.createElement('option'); opt.value = audioTracks[i].id; opt.text = audioTracks[i].language; tracksSelection.add(opt); } }); tracksSelection.addEventListener("change", function (e) { // when the item of the dropdownlist changes // grab the id from the selected option var audioTracks = video.audioTracks; var track = audioTracks.getTrackById(e.currentTarget.value); //disable all tracks to prevent them from playing all at once for (var i = 0; i < audioTracks.length; i++) { audioTracks.enabled = false; } //set the selected track for the video track.enabled = true; }); })();

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Related specifications

W3C HTML5 Specification
W3C Editor’s Draft

See also

Related articles

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