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The state property of the VideoDecoder interface returns the current state of the underlying codec.
A string containing one of the following values:
"unconfigured"The codec is not configured for decoding.
"configured"The codec has a valid configuration and is ready.
"closed"The codec is no longer usable and system resources have been released.
The following example prints the state of the VideoDecoder to the console.
| WebCodecs # dom-videodecoder-state |
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