The configure() method of the VideoDecoder interface enqueues a control message to configure the video decoder for decoding chunks.

config

An object containing the following members:

codec

A string containing a valid codec string. See "codecs" parameter for details on codec string construction.

description Optional

An ArrayBuffer, a TypedArray, or a DataView containing a sequence of codec specific bytes, commonly known as extradata.

codedWidth Optional

An integer representing the width of the VideoFrame in pixels, including any non-visible padding, before any ratio adjustments.

codedHeight Optional

An integer representing the height of the VideoFrame in pixels, including any non-visible padding, before any ratio adjustments.

displayAspectWidth Optional

An integer representing the horizontal dimension of the VideoFrame in pixels when displayed.

displayAspectHeight Optional

An integer representing the vertical dimension of the VideoFrame in pixels when displayed.

colorSpace

An object representing a VideoColorSpace, containing the following members:

primaries

A string representing the color gamut of the video sample. One of:

• "bt709"
• "bt470bg"
• "smpte170m"

transfer

A string representing transfer characteristics. One of:

• "bt709"
• "smpte170m"
• "iec61966-2-1"

matrix

A string representing a matrix coefficient. One of:

• "rgb"
• "bt709"
• "bt470bg"
• "smpte170m"

hardwareAcceleration

A hint as to the hardware acceleration method to use. One of:

• "no-preference"
• "prefer-hardware"
• "prefer-software"

optimizeForLatency

A boolean. If true this is a hint that the selected decoder should be optimized to minimize the number of EncodedVideoChunk objects that have to be decoded before a VideoFrame is output.

None (undefined).

TypeError

Thrown if the provided config is invalid.

InvalidStateError DOMException

Thrown if the state is "closed".

NotSupportedError DOMException

Thrown if the provided config is valid but the user agent cannot provide a codec that can decode this profile.

The following example creates a new VideoDecoder and configures it with the "vp8" codec, a codedWidth of 640 pixels and a codedHeight of 480 pixels.

const init = {
  output: handleFrame,
  error: (e) => {
    console.log(e.message);
  },
};

const config = {
  codec: "vp8",
  codedWidth: 640,
  codedHeight: 480,
};

let decoder = new VideoDecoder(init);
decoder.configure(config);