HTML5 video capture from browser: error with "stop() not a function"

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A quick blog post about recent changes in the MediaStream API support in modern browsers. I had previously developed a function allowing users to capture images from their webcam, based on tutorials found on the web.

Here was my code to initialize the capture canvas:

function CaptureImageBeginCapture() {
   CaptureImageCanvas = $("#ImageCaptureCanvas")[0];
   var videoObj = { "video": true },
      errBack = function(error) {
         console.log("Video capture error: ", error.code);
      };

   CaptureImageVideo = $("#ImageCapturePreviewFrame")[0];
   CaptureImageContext = CaptureImageCanvas.getContext("2d");

   // Put video listeners into place   if(navigator.getUserMedia) { // Standard      navigator.getUserMedia(videoObj, function(stream) {
         CaptureImageStream = stream;
         CaptureImageVideo.src = stream;
         CaptureImageVideo.play();
      }, errBack);
   } else if(navigator.webkitGetUserMedia) { // WebKit-prefixed      navigator.webkitGetUserMedia(videoObj, function(stream){
         CaptureImageStream = stream;
         CaptureImageVideo.src = window.webkitURL.createObjectURL(stream);
         CaptureImageVideo.play();
      }, errBack);
   }
   else if(navigator.mozGetUserMedia) { // Firefox-prefixed      navigator.mozGetUserMedia(videoObj, function(stream){
         CaptureImageStream = stream;
         CaptureImageVideo.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
         CaptureImageVideo.play();
      }, errBack);
   }
}
And this code was used to react to the pressing of a "Capture" button which froze the image and then saved it.
// Snapping up the picture$("#ImageCaptureSnap").click(function() {
   CaptureImageContext.drawImage(CaptureImageVideo, 0, 0, 640, 480, -95,0,448,330);
   CaptureImageStream.stop();
   $("#ImageCaptureStep1").hide();
   $("#ImageCaptureStep2").show();
});
Unfortunately, the MediaStream.stop() function recently became depreciated. After a quick search, I found only one article explaining what I need to do to fix it. The fix is to get a "track" instance from your MediaStream and stop the track instead of stopping the MediaStream itself.
// Snapping up the picture$("#ImageCaptureSnap").click(function() {
   CaptureImageContext.drawImage(CaptureImageVideo, 0, 0, 640, 480, -95,0,448,330);
   try { CaptureImageStream.stop(); } catch(e) { }
   try {
       var track = CaptureImageStream.getTracks()[0];
       track.stop();
    } catch(e) { }
   $("#ImageCaptureStep1").hide();
   $("#ImageCaptureStep2").show();
});
Hopefully it won't change further, but as we know HTML5 APIs are evolving all the time.

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