Web/API/VideoTrack/language

The read-only VideoTrack property language returns a string identifying the language used in the video track. For tracks that include multiple languages (such as a movie in English in which a few lines are spoken in other languages), this should be the video's primary language.

Syntax

var videoTrackLanguage = VideoTrack.language;

Value

A DOMString specifying the BCP 47 (RFC 5646) format language tag of the primary language used in the video track, or an empty string ("") if the language is not specified or known, or if the track doesn't contain speech.

For example, if the primary language used in the track is United States English, this value would be "en-US". For Brazilian Portuguese, the value would be "pt-BR".

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'VideoTrack: language' in that specification.	Living Standard

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
language	Chrome Full support 37 Disabled' Full support 37 Disabled' Disabled' From version 37: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Edge Full support 79 Disabled' Full support 79 Disabled' Disabled' From version 79: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). No support 12 — 79	Firefox Full support 33 Disabled' Full support 33 Disabled' Disabled' From version 33: this feature is behind the media.track.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE Full support 10	Opera Full support 24 Disabled' Full support 24 Disabled' Disabled' From version 24: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled).	Safari Full support 6.1	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android Full support 37 Disabled' Full support 37 Disabled' Disabled' From version 37: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Firefox Android Full support 33 Disabled' Full support 33 Disabled' Disabled' From version 33: this feature is behind the media.track.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 24 Disabled' Full support 24 Disabled' Disabled' From version 24: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled).	Safari iOS Full support 7	Samsung Internet Android No support No

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Videotrack.language by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.