[javascript] Stop/Close webcam stream which is opened by navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia

I opened a webcam by using the following JavaScript code:

const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ /* ... */ });

Is there any JavaScript code to stop or close the webcam? Thanks everyone.

If the .stop() is deprecated then I don't think we should re-add it like @MuazKhan dose. It's a reason as to why things get deprecated and should not be used anymore. Just create a helper function instead... Here is a more es6 version

function stopStream (stream) {
    for (let track of stream.getTracks()) { 
        track.stop()
    }
}

Try method below:

var mediaStream = null;
    navigator.getUserMedia(
        {
            audio: true,
            video: true
        },
        function (stream) {
            mediaStream = stream;
            mediaStream.stop = function () {
                this.getAudioTracks().forEach(function (track) {
                    track.stop();
                });
                this.getVideoTracks().forEach(function (track) { //in case... :)
                    track.stop();
                });
            };
            /*
             * Rest of your code.....
             * */
        });

    /*
    * somewhere insdie your code you call
    * */
    mediaStream.stop();

Don't use stream.stop(), it's deprecated

MediaStream Deprecations

Use stream.getTracks().forEach(track => track.stop())

Using .stop() on the stream works on chrome when connected via http. It does not work when using ssl (https).

Have a reference of stream form successHandle

var streamRef;

var handleVideo = function (stream) {
    streamRef = stream;
}

//this will stop video and audio both track
streamRef.getTracks().map(function (val) {
    val.stop();
});

The following code worked for me:

public vidOff() {

      let stream = this.video.nativeElement.srcObject;
      let tracks = stream.getTracks();

      tracks.forEach(function (track) {
          track.stop();
      });

      this.video.nativeElement.srcObject = null;
      this.video.nativeElement.stop();
  }

Please check this: https://jsfiddle.net/wazb1jks/3/

navigator.getUserMedia(mediaConstraints, function(stream) {_x000D_
    window.streamReference = stream;_x000D_
}, onMediaError);

Stop Recording

function stopStream() {_x000D_
    if (!window.streamReference) return;_x000D_
_x000D_
    window.streamReference.getAudioTracks().forEach(function(track) {_x000D_
        track.stop();_x000D_
    });_x000D_
_x000D_
    window.streamReference.getVideoTracks().forEach(function(track) {_x000D_
        track.stop();_x000D_
    });_x000D_
_x000D_
    window.streamReference = null;_x000D_
}

Start and Stop Web Camera,(Update 2020 React es6 )

Start Web Camera

stopWebCamera =()=>

       //Start Web Came
      if (navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia) {
        //use WebCam
        navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ video: true }).then(stream => {
          this.localStream = stream;
          this.video.srcObject = stream;
          this.video.play();
        });
      }
 }

Stop Web Camera or Video playback in general

stopVideo =()=>
{
        this.video.pause();
        this.video.src = "";
        this.video.srcObject = null;

         // As per new API stop all streams
        if (this.localStream)
          this.localStream.getTracks().forEach(track => track.stop());
}

Stop Web Camera function works even with video streams:

  this.video.src = this.state.videoToTest;
  this.video.play();

Since you need the tracks to close the streaming, and you need the stream boject to get to the tracks, the code I have used with the help of the Muaz Khan's answer above is as follows:

if (navigator.getUserMedia) {
    navigator.getUserMedia(constraints, function (stream) {
        videoEl.src = stream;
        videoEl.play();
        document.getElementById('close').addEventListener('click', function () {
            stopStream(stream);
        });
    }, errBack);

function stopStream(stream) {
console.log('stop called');
stream.getVideoTracks().forEach(function (track) {
    track.stop();
});

Of course this will close all the active video tracks. If you have multiple, you should select accordingly.

You need to stop all tracks (from webcam, microphone):

localStream.getTracks().forEach(track => track.stop());

Suppose we have streaming in video tag and id is video - <video id="video"></video> then we should have following code -

var videoEl = document.getElementById('video');
// now get the steam 
stream = videoEl.srcObject;
// now get all tracks
tracks = stream.getTracks();
// now close each track by having forEach loop
tracks.forEach(function(track) {
   // stopping every track
   track.stop();
});
// assign null to srcObject of video
videoEl.srcObject = null;

You can end the stream directly using the stream object returned in the success handler to getUserMedia. e.g.

localMediaStream.stop()

video.src="" or null would just remove the source from video tag. It wont release the hardware.

Use any of these functions:

// stop both mic and camera
function stopBothVideoAndAudio(stream) {
    stream.getTracks().forEach(function(track) {
        if (track.readyState == 'live') {
            track.stop();
        }
    });
}

// stop only camera
function stopVideoOnly(stream) {
    stream.getTracks().forEach(function(track) {
        if (track.readyState == 'live' && track.kind === 'video') {
            track.stop();
        }
    });
}

// stop only mic
function stopAudioOnly(stream) {
    stream.getTracks().forEach(function(track) {
        if (track.readyState == 'live' && track.kind === 'audio') {
            track.stop();
        }
    });
}

FF, Chrome and Opera has started exposing getUserMedia via navigator.mediaDevices as standard now (Might change :)

online demo

navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({audio:true,video:true})
    .then(stream => {
        window.localStream = stream;
    })
    .catch( (err) =>{
        console.log(err);
    });
// later you can do below
// stop both video and audio
localStream.getTracks().forEach( (track) => {
track.stop();
});
// stop only audio
localStream.getAudioTracks()[0].stop();
// stop only video
localStream.getVideoTracks()[0].stop();

Starting Webcam Video with different browsers

For Opera 12

window.navigator.getUserMedia(param, function(stream) {
                            video.src =window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
                        }, videoError );

For Firefox Nightly 18.0

window.navigator.mozGetUserMedia(param, function(stream) {
                            video.mozSrcObject = stream;
                        }, videoError );

For Chrome 22

window.navigator.webkitGetUserMedia(param, function(stream) {
                            video.src =window.webkitURL.createObjectURL(stream);
                        },  videoError );

Stopping Webcam Video with different browsers

For Opera 12

video.pause();
video.src=null;

For Firefox Nightly 18.0

video.pause();
video.mozSrcObject=null;

For Chrome 22

video.pause();
video.src="";

With this the Webcam light go down everytime...