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HTML Audio/Video DOM controller attribute

The controller attribute represents the media controller assigned to the element.

Online Example

Check if this video has a media controller:

Example

!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Audio/video controller attribute usage-Basic Tutorial(oldtoolbag.com)</title>
</head>
<body>
<button onclick="checkMedCont()" type="button">Check if this video has a media controller: </button>
<br>　
<video id="video1" controls="controls">
　　<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
　　<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
　　Your browser does not support HTML5　video tag.
</video>
<script>
myVid=document.getElementById("video1");
function checkMedCont()
{　
　　alert("Controller: "　+　myVid.controller);
}　
</script>　
</body>
</html>

Test and see ‹/›

Definition and Usage

The controller attribute returns audio/The current media controller of the video.
By default, audio/The video element does not have a media controller. If a media controller is specified, the controller attribute returns it as a MediaController object.
Hint: The control property can be used to set or return whether the standard video control should be displayed.

Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

The controller property is not supported by all mainstream browsers.

Syntax

audio|video.controller

Return value

Type	Description
MediaController object	Represents audio/Media controller of the video. Properties of MediaController object/Method: buffered - Get audio/Buffering range of the video seekable - Get audio/Seekable range of the video duration - Get audio/Duration of the video currentTime - Get or set audio/Current playback position of the video paused - Detect audio/Is the video paused? play() - Play audio/Video pause() - Pause audio/Video played - Detect audio/Has the video been played? defaultPlaybackRate - Get or set audio/Default playback rate of the video playbackRate - Get or set audio/Current playback rate of the video volume - Get or set audio/Volume of the video muted - Get or set audio/Is the video muted?

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