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HTML Audio/Video DOM error attribute

The error attribute is the latest MediaError object; if there is no error, it is null. When the project receives the error event, it can determine the details of what happened when checking this object.

　HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference Manual

Online Example

Get the video error status:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Audio/video error attribute usage-Basic Tutorial(oldtoolbag.com)</<title>
</<head>
<body>
<button onclick="getError()" type="button">Get the video error status</button>
<br>　
<video id="video"1" controls="controls" autoplay="autoplay">
　　<source src="movie_no_exist.mp"4" type="video"/mp4">
　　<source src="movie_no_exist.ogg" type="video"/ogg">
　　Your browser does not support HTML5　video tag.
</video>
<script>
myVid=document.getElementById("video"1);
function getError()
{　
　　alert(myVid.error.code);
}　
</script>　
</body>
</html>

Test to see ‹/›

Definition and Usage

The error attribute returns the MediaError object.
The MediaError object has a code property that contains the audio/Video error status.

Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

Only Internet Explorer 9 Supports the error attribute.

Syntax

audio|video.error.code

Return value

Type	Description
Number	The code property of the MediaError object returns a numeric value that represents the audio/Video error status: 1 = MEDIA_ERR_ABORTED - The retrieval process is aborted by the user 2 = MEDIA_ERR_NETWORK - Error occurs during download 3 = MEDIA_ERR_DECODE - Error occurs during decoding 4 = MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED - Audio not supported/Video

　HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference Manual

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