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    SourceBuffer.appendBuffer()

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    The appendBuffer() method of the SourceBuffer interface appends media segment data from an ArrayBuffer or ArrayBufferView object to the SourceBuffer.

    SyntaxEdit

    sourceBuffer.appendBuffer(ArrayBuffer);
sourceBuffer.appendBuffer(ArrayBufferView);

    Parameters

    ArrayBuffer
    The ArrayBuffer that is the source of the media segment data you want to append to the SourceBuffer.
    ArrayBufferView
    The ArrayBufferView that is the source of the media segment data you want to append to the SourceBuffer.

    Returns

    Void.

    Errors

    None.

    ExampleEdit

    TBD.

    SpecificationsEdit

    Specification Status Comment
    Media Source Extensions
    The definition of 'appendBuffer()' in that specification.    		 Candidate Recommendation Initial definition.

    Browser compatibilityEdit

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
    Basic support 23 25.0 (25.0)[1]
    42.0 (42.0)    		 11[2] 15 8

    [1] Available after switching the about:config preference media.mediasource.enabled to true. In addition, support was limited to a whitelist of sites, for example YouTube, Netflix, and other popular streaming sites. The whitelist was removed and Media Source Extensions was enabled by default in 42+ for all sites.

    [2] Only works on Windows 8+.

    See alsoEdit

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