Web/API/MediaTrackSettings/sampleSize

The MediaTrackSettings dictionary's sampleSize property is an integer indicating the linear sample size (in bits per sample) the MediaStreamTrack is currently configured for. This lets you determine what value was selected to comply with your specified constraints for this property's value as described in the MediaTrackConstraints.sampleSize property you provided when calling either getUserMedia() or MediaStreamTrack.applyConstraints().

If needed, you can determine whether or not this constraint is supported by checking the value of MediaTrackSupportedConstraints.sampleSize as returned by a call to MediaDevices.getSupportedConstraints(). However, typically this is unnecessary since browsers will simply ignore any constraints they're unfamiliar with.

Syntax

var sampleSize = MediaTrackSettings.sampleSize;

Value

An integer value indicating how many bits each audio sample is represented by. The most commonly used sample size for many years now is 16 bits per sample, which was used for CD audio among others. Other common sample sizes are 8 (for reduced bandwidth requirements) and 24 (for high-resolution professional audio).

Each audio channel on the track requires sampleSize bits. That means that a given sample actually uses (sampleSize/8)*channelCount bytes of data. For example, 16-bit stereo audio requires (16/8)*2 or 4 bytes per sample.

Example

See Example: Constraint exerciser in Capabilities, constraints, and settings for an example.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Media Capture and StreamsThe definition of 'sampleSize' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial specification.

Browser compatibility

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	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
`sampleSize`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown