v1.0.0-beta

Beta Release 🔊

use-media-capabilities is a simple React hook wrapper around the experimental Media Capabilities API. This initial release is meant for users to test and supply feedback. Expect a timeline of what features will be added and identify bugs which have not been fixed yet.

In a nutshell, here's what the API allows you to do:

Concept and usage according to MDN:

The Media Capabilities API enables determining which codecs are supported and how performant a media file will be both in terms of smoothness and power efficiency.

This release has limited type support for encoding and decoding:

• Decoding capabilities can be checked with a file type used to represent a configuration that is meant to be used for a plain file playback.
• Encoding capabilities can be checked with a record type used to represent a configuration for recording of media.