canplay | oncanplay event
Occurs when playback is possible, but would require further buffering.
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Syntax
| HTML Attribute | <element oncanplay = "handler(event)"> |
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| Event Property | object.oncanplay = handler; |
| addEventListener Method | object.addEventListener("canplay", handler, useCapture) |
Event information
| Synchronous | No |
|---|---|
| Bubbles | No |
| Cancelable | No |
Event handler parameters
- handler [in]
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Type: function
Event handler object.
Standards information
- HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.8.9.12
Remarks
The canplay event is raised when enough data is available to advance the playback position in the direction of playback.
This event first occurs after loadeddata and before canplaythrough.
To invoke this event, do one of the following:
- Load a media resource.
See also
- audio element
- audio
- document
- source
- video element
- video object
- window
- canplaythrough
- Make your videos accessible with Timed Text Tracks
- oncanplaythrough
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