Media Capture API

Communication Protocols and Standards

The Media Capture API was a web standard developed to let web applications access a device's media capture capabilities. It could enable recording audio through a microphone and taking pictures or recording video through a camera. The World Wide Web Consortium discontinued the standard in 2012. It was supported in the Android browser from version 3.0 onward and was replaced by the Media Capture and Streams API.

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Status: Discontinued in 2012
Browser support: Android browser, version 3.0+
Replacement: Media Capture and Streams API

Sources and credits

Article: Media Capture API (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q6805465
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