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HTML Audio/Video DOM error Event

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Example

Alert that an error occured while loading the video:

var vid = document.getElementById("myVideo");
vid.onerror = function() {
    alert("Error! Something went wrong");
};


Definition and Usage

The error event occurs when an error occurred during the loading of an audio/video.

Tip: Related events that occurs when there is some kind of disturbance to the media loading process, are:


Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the event.

Event
error Yes 9.0 Yes Yes Yes

Syntax

In HTML:

<element onerror="myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onerror=function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("error", myScript);

Note: The addEventListener() method is not supported in Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions.


Technical Details

Supported HTML tags: <audio> and <video>
Supported JavaScript objects: Audio, Video

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