Javascript DOM HTML Video error Property

Introduction

Get the error state of a video: 

var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").error.code;

Click the button to get the error state of the video.

The error property is only supported in Internet Explorer 9 and higher versions.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<video id="myVideo" width="100" height="100" controls>
  <source src="mov_broken.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="mov_broken.ogg" type="video/ogg">
  Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>//w  w  w .  j  a v a2 s.c om
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").error.code;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The error property returns a MediaError object.

The MediaError object has a code property containing the error state of the video.

This property is read-only.

Return Value

Type
 Description
Number





 The code property of the MediaError Object
returns a number representing the error state of the video:
1 = MEDIA_ERR_ABORTED - fetching process aborted by user
2 = MEDIA_ERR_NETWORK - error occurred when downloading
3 = MEDIA_ERR_DECODE - error occurred when decoding
4 = MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED - video not supported



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