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Created November 18, 2014 17:35
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jQuery selector expression to return only sources that can be played
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jquery.canplaytype.js
// Selector expression to return only sources that can be played
$.expr[':']['canplaytype'] = function(a)
{
var video = document.createElement('video');
return !!video.canPlayType && video.canPlayType(a.type);
};
// Usage
var playable = $('video source:canplaytype').length;
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