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HTML Audio / Video DOM playing event

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

Examples

A message appears when the video:

var vid = document.getElementById ( "myVideo");
vid.onplaying = function () {
alert ( "The video is now playing");
};

try it"

Bottom of this article contains more examples.


Definition and Usage

When the trigger is ready playing event in the audio / video (audio / video) due to buffering suspended or stopped.


Browser Support

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

event
playing Yes 9.0 Yes Yes Yes


grammar

In HTML:

<Audio | video onplaying = "myScript "> try

In JavaScript:

audio | video .onplaying = function () {myScript}; try

JavaScript, use the addEventListener () method:

audio | video .addEventListener ( "playing" , myScript); try

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


Examples

More examples

Examples

A message appears when Audio playback:

var aud = document.getElementById ( "myAudio");
aud.onplaying = function () {
alert ( "The audio is now playing");
};

try it"


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