Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--enable-exclusive-audio

What does --enable-exclusive-audio do?

Use exclusive mode audio streaming for Windows Vista and higher. Leads to lower latencies for audio streams which uses the AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LOW_LATENCY audio path. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd370844.aspx for details.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --enable-exclusive-audio using CLI

chrome --enable-exclusive-audio

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --enable-exclusive-audio using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--enable-exclusive-audio']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --enable-exclusive-audio using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--enable-exclusive-audio']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --enable-exclusive-audio using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--enable-exclusive-audio')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

ENABLE_PASSTHROUGH_AUDIO_CODECSCHROMEOSFUCHSIALINUX || IS_CHROMEOS || BUILDFLAG(IS_FREEBSD) || \WIN