The createMediaElementSource()
method of the AudioContext
Interface is used to create a new MediaElementAudioSourceNode
object, given an existing HTML <audio>
or <video>
element, the audio from which can then be played and manipulated.
For more details about media element audio source nodes, check out the MediaElementAudioSourceNode
reference page.
Syntax
var audioCtx = new AudioContext();
var source = audioCtx.createMediaElementSource(myMediaElement);
Parameters
myMediaElement
- An
HTMLMediaElement
object that you want to feed into an audio processing graph to manipulate.
Returns
A MediaElementAudioSourceNode
.
Example
This simple example creates a source from an <audio>
element using createMediaElementSource()
, then passes the audio through a GainNode
before feeding it into the AudioDestinationNode
for playback. When the mouse pointer is moved, the updatePage()
function is invoked, which calculates the current gain as a ratio of mouse Y position divided by overall window height. You can therefore increase and decrease the volume of the playing music by moving the mouse pointer up and down.
Note: You can also [[../../../../../../../mdn.github.io/webaudio-examples/media-source-buffer/index|view this example running live]], or view the source.
var audioCtx = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)();
var myAudio = document.querySelector('audio');
var pre = document.querySelector('pre');
var myScript = document.querySelector('script');
pre.innerHTML = myScript.innerHTML;
// Create a MediaElementAudioSourceNode
// Feed the HTMLMediaElement into it
var source = audioCtx.createMediaElementSource(myAudio);
// Create a gain node
var gainNode = audioCtx.createGain();
// Create variables to store mouse pointer Y coordinate
// and HEIGHT of screen
var CurY;
var HEIGHT = window.innerHeight;
// Get new mouse pointer coordinates when mouse is moved
// then set new gain value
document.onmousemove = updatePage;
function updatePage(e) {
CurY = (window.Event) ? e.pageY : event.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop);
gainNode.gain.value = CurY/HEIGHT;
}
// connect the AudioBufferSourceNode to the gainNode
// and the gainNode to the destination, so we can play the
// music and adjust the volume using the mouse cursor
source.connect(gainNode);
gainNode.connect(audioCtx.destination);
Note: As a consequence of calling createMediaElementSource()
, audio playback from the HTMLMediaElement
will be re-routed into the processing graph of the AudioContext. So playing/pausing the media can still be done through the media element API and the player controls.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
Web Audio APIThe definition of 'createMediaElementSource()' in that specification. | Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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createMediaElementSource
|
Chrome
Full support 14 |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support 25 |
IE
No support No |
Opera
Full support 15 |
Safari
Full support 6 |
WebView Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome Android
Full support 18 |
Firefox Android
Full support 26 |
Opera Android
Full support 14 |
Safari iOS
Full support Yes |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
See also
AudioContext.createMediaElementSource() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.