HTMLMediaElement: error property
The HTMLMediaElement.error
property is the
MediaError
object for the most recent error, or null
if
there has not been an error. When an error
event is received by the
element, you can determine details about what happened by examining this object.
Value
A MediaError
object describing the most recent error to occur on the
media element or null
if no errors have occurred.
Examples
This example establishes a video element and adds an error handler to it; the error handler logs the details to console.
js
const videoElement = document.createElement("video");
videoElement.onerror = () => {
console.error(
`Error ${videoElement.error.code}; details: ${videoElement.error.message}`
);
};
videoElement.src = "https://example.com/bogusvideo.mp4";
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-media-error-dev |
Browser compatibility
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See also
HTMLMediaElement
: Interface used to define theHTMLMediaElement.error
property<audio>
and<video>