Web/API/MediaMetadata/album

This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The album property of the MediaMetaData interface returns or sets the name of the album or collection containing the media to be played.

Syntax

var album = mediaMetaData.album
mediaMetaData.album = album

Value

A String containing the name of the album.

Examples

The following example checks for browser compatibility and sets the current metadata for the media session.

if ('mediaSession' in navigator) {
  navigator.mediaSession.metadata = new MediaMetadata({
    title: 'Unforgettable',
    artist: 'Nat King Cole',
    album: 'The Ultimate Collection (Remastered)',
    artwork: [
      { src: 'https://dummyimage.com/96x96',   sizes: '96x96',   type: 'image/png' },
      { src: 'https://dummyimage.com/128x128', sizes: '128x128', type: 'image/png' },
      { src: 'https://dummyimage.com/192x192', sizes: '192x192', type: 'image/png' },
      { src: 'https://dummyimage.com/256x256', sizes: '256x256', type: 'image/png' },
      { src: 'https://dummyimage.com/384x384', sizes: '384x384', type: 'image/png' },
      { src: 'https://dummyimage.com/512x512', sizes: '512x512', type: 'image/png' },
    ]
  });

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Media Session StandardThe definition of 'album' in that specification.	Draft	Initial definition.

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.

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
album Experimental'	Chrome Full support 57	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 71	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android Full support 57	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

MediaMetadata.album by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.