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video element | video object

The video element specifies the video content to be played in a document. For more information on using the video element and object, see video object.

HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.8.6

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Node

Element

HTMLElement

HTMLMediaElement

video

Members

The video object has these types of members:

Events
Methods
Properties

Events

The video object has these events.

Event	Description
abort	Fires when the user aborts the download.
canplay	Occurs when playback is possible, but would require further buffering.
canplaythrough	Occurs when playback to end is possible without requiring a stop for further buffering.
change	Fires when the contents of the object or selection have changed.
drag	Fires on the source object continuously during a drag operation.
dragend	Fires on the source object when the user releases the mouse at the close of a drag operation.
dragenter	Fires on the target element when the user drags the object to a valid drop target.
dragleave	Fires on the target object when the user moves the mouse out of a valid drop target during a drag operation.
dragover	Fires on the target element continuously while the user drags the object over a valid drop target.
dragstart	Fires on the source object when the user starts to drag a text selection or selected object.
drop	Fires on the target object when the mouse button is released during a drag-and-drop operation.
durationchange	Occurs when the duration attribute is updated.
emptied	Occurs when the media element is reset to its initial state.
ended	Occurs when the end of playback is reached.
error	Fires when an error occurs during object loading.
focus	Fires when the object receives focus.
focusin	Fires for an element just prior to setting focus on that element.
focusout	Fires for the current element with focus immediately after moving focus to another element.
input	Occurs when the text content of an element is changed through the user interface.
keydown	Fires when the user presses a key.
keypress	Fires when the user presses an alphanumeric key.
load	Fires immediately after the client loads the object.
loadeddata	Occurs when media data is loaded at the current playback position.
loadedmetadata	Occurs when the duration and dimensions of the media have been determined.
loadstart	Occurs when Internet Explorer begins looking for media data.
mousedown	Fires when the user clicks the object with either mouse button.
mousemove	Fires when the user moves the mouse over the object.
mouseout	Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object.
mouseover	Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object.
mouseup	Fires when the user releases a mouse button while the mouse is over the object.
mousewheel	Fires when the wheel button is rotated.
onkeyup	Fires when the user releases a key.
onMSVideoFormatChanged	Occurs when the video format changes.
onMSVideoFrameStepCompleted	Occurs when the video frame has been stepped forward or backward one frame.
onMSVideoOptimalLayoutChanged	Occurs when the msIsLayoutOptimalForPlayback state changes.
onselect	Fires when the current selection changes.
pause	Occurs when playback is paused.
play	Occurs when the play method is requested.
playing	Occurs when the audio or video has started playing.
progress	Occurs to indicate progress while downloading media data.
ratechange	Occurs when the playback rate is increased or decreased.
ratechange	Occurs when the playback rate is increased or decreased.
readystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.
reset	Fires when the user resets a form.
seeked	Occurs when the seek operation ends.
seeking	Occurs when the current playback position is moved.
stalled	Occurs when the download has stopped.
suspend	Occurs if the load operation has been intentionally halted.
timeupdate	Occurs to indicate the current playback position.
volumechange	Occurs when the volume is changed, or playback is muted or unmuted.
waiting	Occurs when playback stops because the next frame of a video resource is not available.

Methods

The video object has these methods.

Method	Description
canPlayType	Returns a string that specifies whether the client can play a given media resource type.
compareDocumentPosition	Compares the position of two nodes in a document.
getAttributeNodeNS	Gets an attribute object that matches the specified namespace and name.
getAttributeNS	Gets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
getElementsByClassName	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the class attribute.
getElementsByTagNameNS	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the specified element names within a specified namespace.
hasAttributeNS	Determines whether an attribute that has the specified namespace and name exists.
isDefaultNamespace	Indicates whether or not a namespace is the default namespace for a document.
isEqualNode	Determines if two nodes are equal.
isSameNode	Determines if two node references refer to the same node.
isSupported	Returns a value indicating whether or not the object supports a specific DOM standard.
load	Resets the IHTMLMediaElement and loads a new media resource.
lookupNamespaceURI	Gets the URI of the namespace associated with a namespace prefix, if any.
lookupPrefix	Gets the namespace prefix associated with a URI, if any.
msFrameStep	Steps the video by one frame forward or one frame backward.
msMatchesSelector	Determines whether an object matches the specified selector.
msSetVideoRectangle	Sets the dimensions of a sub-rectangle within a video.
pause	Pauses the current playback and sets paused to TRUE.
play	Loads and starts playback of a media resource.
removeAttributeNS	Removes the specified attribute from the object.
setAttributeNodeNS	Sets an attribute object as part of the object.
setAttributeNS	Sets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.

Properties

The video object has these properties.

Property	Description
audioTracks	Returns an AudioTrackList object with the audio tracks for a given video element.
autobuffer	The autobuffer element is not supported by Internet Explorer 9. Use the preload element instead.
autoplay	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether to start playing the media automatically.
buffered	Gets a collection of buffered time ranges.
controls	Gets or sets a flag that indicates whether the client provides a set of controls for the media (in case the developer does not include controls for the player).
currentSrc	Gets the address or URL of the current media resource (video,audio) that is selected by IHTMLMediaElement.
currentTime	Gets or sets the current playback position, in seconds.
defaultPlaybackRate	Gets or sets the default playback rate when the user is not using fast foward or reverse for a video or audio resource.
duration	Gets the duration, in seconds, of the current media resource, a `NaN` value if duration is not available, or `Infinity` if the media resource is streaming.
ended	Gets information about whether the playback has ended or not.
error	Gets an IHTMLMediaError object representing the current error state of the media element.
height	Gets or sets the height of the video element.
initialTime	Gets the earliest possible position, in seconds, that the playback can begin.
localName	Retrieves the local name of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
loop	Gets or sets a flag that specifies whether playback should restart after it completes.
muted	Gets or sets a flag that indicates whether the audio (either audio or the audio track on video media) is muted.
namespaceURI	Retrieves the namespace URI of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
networkState	Gets the current network activity for the element.
paused	Gets a flag that specifies whether playback is paused.
playbackRate	Gets or sets the current speed for the media resource to play. This speed is expressed as a multiple of the normal speed of the media resource.
played	Gets TimeRanges for the current media resource that has been played.
poster	Gets or sets a URL of an image to display, for example, like a movie poster. This can be a still frame from the video, or another image if no video data is available.
prefix	Retrieves the local name of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
preload	Gets or sets a hint to how much buffering is advisable for a media resource, even if autoplay is not specified.
seekable	Returns a TimeRanges object that represents the ranges of the current media resource that can be seeked.
seeking	Gets a flag that indicates whether the the client is currently moving to a new playback position in the media resource.
src	The address or URL of the a media resource (video, audio) that is to be considered.
textContent	Sets or retrieves the text content of an object and any child objects.
videoHeight	Gets the intrinsic height of a video in CSS pixels, or zero if the dimensions are not known.
videoWidth	Gets the intrinsic width of a video in CSS pixels, or zero if the dimensions are not known.
volume	Gets or sets the volume level for audio portions of the media element.
width	Gets or sets the width of the video element.

Standards information

HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.8.6

Remarks

Beginning with Internet Explorer 9, any audio or video content needs the correct mime type set on the server, or the files won't play. Internet Explorer 9 supports MP3 audio, and MP4 audio and video. WebM audio and video files can be supported by installing the WebM components from The WebM project. The following table shows the required settings for your web server to host these files correctly.

Media file to serve	Extension setting	Mime type setting
Audio mp3	mp3	audio/mpeg
Audio mp4	m4a	audio/mp4
Audio WebM	webm	audio/webm
Video mp4	mp4	video/mp4
Video webm	webm	video/webm

Examples

This example plays a file called movie.mp4 and displays the built-in controls that are in the HTML5 player. The "not supported" message between the video tags is shown in browsers or modes that don't support HTML5 video.

HTML


<html>
  <head>
    <title>Simple Video Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<video src="movie.mp4" controls >Video tag is not supported</video>
</body>
</html>

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