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# Standards Compliant Screen Capture in Chrome 72
- URL: https://blog.addpipe.com/standards-compliant-screen-capture-in-chrome-72/
- Published: 2019-01-30T13:44:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-21T08:20:11.000Z
- Author: Octavian
- Tags: Technology, Screen Recording, getDisplayMedia, #Import 2026-05-22 13:18

[Chrome 72 was rolled out yesterday](https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/29/google-chrome-72/) with support for **`navigator.MediaDevices.getDisplayMedia()`** turned ON by default.

You’re now able to capture and record/broadcast the screen of a user, a running app or a Chrome tab, **plugin free**, with Chrome 72.

For a quick demo use this [getDisplayMedia() demo](https://addpipe.com/get-display-media-demo/).

The code is as simple as pasting this in your console:

```javascript
navigator.MediaDevices.getDisplayMedia({
    video: true
}).then(
    stream => {
        //attach the stream to a video element console.log("Awesome"); 
    },
    error => {
        console.log("Unable to acquire screen capture", error);
    });

```

We’ve covered the topic in more detail back in November when [the feature was introduced in Chrome 70 behind a flag](https://blog.addpipe.com/screen-capture-in-chrome-70-with-getdisplaymedia/). Here’s a quick recap:

- Use **`navigator.MediaDevices.getDisplayMedia()`** as per the new standard, NOT **`navigator.getDisplayMedia()`**
- Edge, the 1st to support the function, uses `navigator.getDisplayMedia()` as per the older standard
- Firefox 66 will also support the new function as per [the bug report](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show%5Fbug.cgi?id=1321221)
- With Chrome you can capture the entire screen, an application window or a Chrome tab
- Desktop audio capture is [not supported yet](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=326740#c105)
- Capturing DRM content will not work (Netflix in the browser)