HTML Audio/Video

HTML Audio/Video Methods

Method	Description
addTextTrack()	Adds a new text track to the audio/video
canPlayType()	Checks if the browser can play the specified audio/video type
load()	Re-loads the audio/video element
play()	Starts playing the audio/video
pause()	Pauses the currently playing audio/video

HTML Audio/Video Properties

Property	Description
audioTracks	Returns an AudioTrackList object representing available audio tracks
autoplay	Sets or returns if the audio/video should start playing as soon as it is loaded
buffered	Returns a TimeRanges object representing the buffered parts of the audio/video
controller	Returns the MediaController object representing the current media controller of the audio/video
controls	Sets or returns if the audio/video should display controls (like play/pause etc.)
crossOrigin	Sets or returns the CORS settings of the audio/video
currentSrc	Returns the URL of the current audio/video
currentTime	Sets or returns the current playback position in the audio/video (in seconds)
defaultMuted	Sets or returns if the audio/video is muted by default
defaultPlaybackRate	Sets or returns the default speed of the audio/video playback
duration	Returns the length of the current audio/video (in seconds)
ended	Returns if the playback of the audio/video has ended or not
error	Returns a MediaError object representing the error state of the audio/video
loop	Sets or returns if the audio/video should start over again when finished
mediaGroup	Sets or returns a the group the audio/video belongs to (used to link multiple audio/video elements)
muted	Sets or returns if the audio/video is muted or not
networkState	Returns the current network state of the audio/video
paused	Sets or returns if the audio/video is paused or not
playbackRate	Sets or returns the speed of the audio/video playback
played	Returns a TimeRanges object representing the played parts of the audio/video
preload	Sets or returns if the audio/video should be loaded when the page loads
readyState	Returns the current ready state of the audio/video
seekable	Returns a TimeRanges object representing the seekable parts of the audio/video
seeking	Returns if the user is currently seeking in the audio/video
src	Sets or returns the current source of the audio/video element
startDate	Returns a Date object representing the current time offset
textTracks	Returns a TextTrackList object representing the available text tracks
videoTracks	Returns a VideoTrackList object representing the available video tracks
volume	Sets or returns the volume of the audio/video

HTML Audio/Video Events

Event	Description
abort	Fires when the loading of an audio/video is aborted
canplay	Fires when the browser can start playing the audio/video
canplaythrough	Fires when the browser can play through the audio/video without stopping for buffering
durationchange	Fires when the duration of the audio/video is changed
emptied	Fires when the current playlist is empty
ended	Fires when the current playlist is ended
error	Fires when an error occurred during the loading of an audio/video
loadeddata	Fires when the browser has loaded the current frame of the audio/video
loadedmetadata	Fires when the browser has loaded meta data for the audio/video
loadstart	Fires when the browser starts looking for the audio/video
pause	Fires when the audio/video has been paused
play	Fires when the audio/video has been started or is no longer paused
playing	Fires when the audio/video is ready to play after having been paused or stopped for buffering
progress	Fires when the browser is downloading the audio/video
ratechange	Fires when the playing speed of the audio/video is changed
seeked	Fires when the user is finished moving/skipping to a new position in the audio/video
seeking	Fires when the user starts moving/skipping to a new position in the audio/video
stalled	Fires when the browser is trying to get media data, but data is not available
suspend	Fires when the browser is intentionally not getting media data
timeupdate	Fires when the current playback position has changed
volumechange	Fires when the volume has been changed
waiting	Fires when the video stops because it needs to buffer the next frame