emptied | onemptied event
Occurs when the media element is reset to its initial state.
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Syntax
| HTML Attribute | <element onemptied = "handler(event)"> |
|---|---|
| Event Property | object.onemptied = handler; |
| addEventListener Method | object.addEventListener("emptied", handler, useCapture) |
Event information
| Synchronous | No |
|---|---|
| Bubbles | No |
| Cancelable | No |
Event handler parameters
- handler [in]
-
Type: function
Event handler object.
Standards information
- HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.8.9.12
Remarks
When the load method is called, the media element stops any previously running media and resets the element. Playback restarts immediately if the autoplay attribute is specified.
To invoke this event, do the following:
- Call the media element's load method.
Examples
This example displays a number of media events.
// content has loaded, display buttons and set up events
video.addEventListener("canplay", function () {
document.getElementById("buttonbar").style.display = "block";
}, false);
// display video duration when available
video.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", function () {
vLength = video.duration.toFixed(1);
document.getElementById("vLen").textContent = vLength; // global variable
}, false);
// display the current and remaining times
video.addEventListener("timeupdate", function () {
// Current time
var vTime = video.currentTime;
document.getElementById("curTime").textContent = vTime.toFixed(1);
document.getElementById("vRemaining").textContent = (vLength - vTime).toFixed(1);
}, false);
// paused and playing events to control buttons
video.addEventListener("pause", function () {
document.getElementById("play").textContent = ">";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("playing", function () {
document.getElementById("play").textContent = "||";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("volumechange", function () {
if (video.muted) {
// if muted, show mute image
document.getElementById("mute").innerHTML = "<img alt='volume off button' src='mute2.png' />";
} else {
// if not muted, show not muted image
document.getElementById("mute").innerHTML = "<img alt='volume on button' src='vol2.png' />";
}
}, false);
// Download and playback status events.
video.addEventListener("loadstart", function () {
document.getElementById("ls").textContent = "Started";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("loadeddata", function () {
document.getElementById("ld").textContent = "Data was loaded";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("ended", function () {
document.getElementById("ndd").textContent = "Playback ended";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("emptied", function () {
document.getElementById("mt").textContent = "Video reset";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("stalled", function () {
document.getElementById("stall").textContent = "Download was stalled";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("waiting", function () {
document.getElementById("waiting").textContent = "Player waited for content";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("progress", function () {
pgFlag += "+";
if (pgFlag.length > 10) {
pgFlag = "+";
}
document.getElementById("pg").textContent = pgFlag;
}, false);
video.addEventListener("durationchange", function () {
document.getElementById("dc").textContent = "Duration has changed";
}, false);
video.addEventListener("canplaythrough", function () {
document.getElementById("cpt").textContent = "Ready to play whole video";
}, false);
See also
- audio
- audio
- document
- source
- video element
- video object
- window
- Reference
- onabort
- load
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