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HTML Audio / Video DOM error event

HTML audio / video Tag Reference HTML Audio / Video DOM Reference

Examples

Video loading error message pops up when an error occurs:

var vid = document.getElementById ( "myVideo");
vid.onerror = function () {
alert ( "! Error wrong");
};



Definition and Usage

error event in the audio / video (audio / video) to load triggered when an error occurs.

Tip: Impact of multimedia data loading event are:


Browser Support

Figures in the table represent the first browser to support this version of events.

event
error Yes 9.0 Yes Yes Yes


grammar

In HTML:

<Elementonerror = "myScript">

In JavaScript:

object .onerror = function () {myScript };

JavaScript, use the addEventListener () method:

object .addEventListener ( "error", myScript );

Note: Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions of IE do not support addEventListener () method.


technical details
Supported HTML tags: <Audio> and <video>
Supported JavaScript Objects: Audio, Video


HTML audio / video Tag Reference HTML Audio / Video DOM Reference