Web/API/HTMLMediaElement

The HTMLMediaElement interface adds to HTMLElement the properties and methods needed to support basic media-related capabilities that are common to audio and video. The HTMLVideoElement and HTMLAudioElement elements both inherit this interface.

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Properties

This interface also inherits properties from its ancestors HTMLElement, Element, Node, and EventTarget.

HTMLMediaElement.audioTracks

A AudioTrackList that lists the AudioTrack objects contained in the element.

HTMLMediaElement.autoplay

A Boolean that reflects the autoplay HTML attribute, indicating whether playback should automatically begin as soon as enough media is available to do so without interruption.

Note: Automatically playing audio when the user doesn't expect or desire it is a poor user experience and should be avoided in most cases, though there are exceptions. See the Autoplay guide for media and Web Audio APIs for more information. Keep in mind that browsers may ignore autoplay requests, so you should ensure that your code isn't dependent on autoplay working.

HTMLMediaElement.buffered Read only

Returns a TimeRanges object that indicates the ranges of the media source that the browser has buffered (if any) at the moment the buffered property is accessed.

HTMLMediaElement.controller

Is a MediaController object that represents the media controller assigned to the element, or null if none is assigned.

HTMLMediaElement.controls

Is a Boolean that reflects the controls HTML attribute, indicating whether user interface items for controlling the resource should be displayed.

HTMLMediaElement.controlsList Read only

Returns a DOMTokenList that helps the user agent select what controls to show on the media element whenever the user agent shows its own set of controls. The DOMTokenList takes one or more of three possible values: nodownload, nofullscreen, and noremoteplayback.

HTMLMediaElement.crossOrigin

A DOMString indicating the CORS setting for this media element.

HTMLMediaElement.currentSrc Read only

Returns a DOMString with the absolute URL of the chosen media resource.

HTMLMediaElement.currentTime

A double-precision floating-point value indicating the current playback time in seconds; if the media has not started to play and has not been seeked, this value is the media's initial playback time. Setting this value seeks the media to the new time. The time is specified relative to the media's timeline.

HTMLMediaElement.defaultMuted

A Boolean that reflects the muted HTML attribute, which indicates whether the media element's audio output should be muted by default.

HTMLMediaElement.defaultPlaybackRate

A double indicating the default playback rate for the media.

HTMLMediaElement.disableRemotePlayback

A Boolean that sets or returns the remote playback state, indicating whether the media element is allowed to have a remote playback UI.

HTMLMediaElement.duration Read only

A read-only double-precision floating-point value indicating the total duration of the media in seconds. If no media data is available, the returned value is NaN. If the media is of indefinite length (such as streamed live media, a WebRTC call's media, or similar), the value is +Infinity.

HTMLMediaElement.ended Read only

Returns a Boolean that indicates whether the media element has finished playing.

HTMLMediaElement.error Read only

Returns a MediaError object for the most recent error, or null if there has not been an error.

HTMLMediaElement.loop

A Boolean that reflects the loop HTML attribute, which indicates whether the media element should start over when it reaches the end.

HTMLMediaElement.mediaGroup

A DOMString that reflects the mediagroup HTML attribute, which indicates the name of the group of elements it belongs to. A group of media elements shares a common MediaController.

HTMLMediaElement.mediaKeys Read only '

Returns a MediaKeys object or null. MediaKeys is a set of keys that an associated HTMLMediaElement can use for decryption of media data during playback.

HTMLMediaElement.muted

Is a Boolean that determines whether audio is muted. true if the audio is muted and false otherwise.

HTMLMediaElement.networkState Read only

Returns a unsigned short (enumeration) indicating the current state of fetching the media over the network.

HTMLMediaElement.paused Read only

Returns a Boolean that indicates whether the media element is paused.

HTMLMediaElement.playbackRate

Is a double that indicates the rate at which the media is being played back.

HTMLMediaElement.played Read only

Returns a TimeRanges object that contains the ranges of the media source that the browser has played, if any.

HTMLMediaElement.preload

Is a DOMString that reflects the preload HTML attribute, indicating what data should be preloaded, if any. Possible values are: none, metadata, auto.

HTMLMediaElement.preservesPitch '

Is a Boolean that determines if the pitch of the sound will be preserved. If set to false, the pitch will adjust to the speed of the audio. This is implemented with prefixes in Firefox (mozPreservesPitch) and WebKit (webkitPreservesPitch).

HTMLMediaElement.readyState Read only

Returns a unsigned short (enumeration) indicating the readiness state of the media.

HTMLMediaElement.seekable Read only

Returns a TimeRanges object that contains the time ranges that the user is able to seek to, if any.

HTMLMediaElement.seeking Read only

Returns a Boolean that indicates whether the media is in the process of seeking to a new position.

HTMLMediaElement.sinkId Read only '

Returns a DOMString that is the unique ID of the audio device delivering output, or an empty string if it is using the user agent default. This ID should be one of the MediaDeviceInfo.deviceid values returned from MediaDevices.enumerateDevices(), id-multimedia, or id-communications.

HTMLMediaElement.src

Is a DOMString that reflects the src HTML attribute, which contains the URL of a media resource to use.

HTMLMediaElement.srcObject

Is a MediaStream representing the media to play or that has played in the current HTMLMediaElement, or null if not assigned.

HTMLMediaElement.textTracks Read only

Returns the list of TextTrack objects contained in the element.

HTMLMediaElement.videoTracks Read only

Returns the list of VideoTrack objects contained in the element.

HTMLMediaElement.volume

Is a double indicating the audio volume, from 0.0 (silent) to 1.0 (loudest).

Event handlers

HTMLMediaElement.onencrypted

Sets the EventHandler called when the media is encrypted.

HTMLMediaElement.onwaitingforkey

Sets the EventHandler called when playback is blocked while waiting for an encryption key.

Obsolete attributes

These attributes are obsolete and should not be used, even if a browser still supports them.

HTMLMediaElement.initialTime Read only ' '

Returns a double that indicates the initial playback position in seconds.

HTMLMediaElement.mozAudioCaptured Read only '

Returns a Boolean. Related to audio stream capture.

HTMLMediaElement.mozChannels Read only ' '

Returns a double representing the number of channels in the audio resource (e.g., 2 for stereo).

HTMLMediaElement.mozFragmentEnd '

Is a double that provides access to the fragment end time if the media element has a fragment URI for currentSrc, otherwise it is equal to the media duration.

HTMLMediaElement.mozFrameBufferLength ' '

Is a unsigned long that indicates the number of samples that will be returned in the framebuffer of each MozAudioAvailable event. This number is a total for all channels, and by default is set to be the number of channels * 1024 (e.g., 2 channels * 1024 samples = 2048 total).

The mozFrameBufferLength property can be set to a new value for lower latency, larger amounts of data, etc. The size given must be a number between 512 and 16384. Using any other size results in an exception being thrown. The best time to set a new length is after the loadedmetadata event fires, when the audio info is known, but before the audio has started or MozAudioAvailable events have begun firing.

HTMLMediaElement.mozSampleRate Read only ' '

Returns a double representing the number of samples per second that will be played. For example, 44100 samples per second is the sample rate used by CD audio.

Obsolete event handlers

HTMLMediaElement.onmozinterruptbegin ' '

Sets the EventHandler called when the media element is interrupted because of the Audio Channel manager. This was Firefox-specific, having been implemented for Firefox OS, and was removed in Firefox 55.

HTMLMediaElement.onmozinterruptend ' '

Sets the EventHandler called when the interruption is concluded. This was Firefox-specific, having been implemented for Firefox OS, and was removed in Firefox 55.

Methods

This interface also inherits methods from its ancestors HTMLElement, Element, Node, and EventTarget.

HTMLMediaElement.addTextTrack()

Adds a text track (such as a track for subtitles) to a media element.

HTMLMediaElement.captureStream() '

Returns MediaStream, captures a stream of the media content.

HTMLMediaElement.canPlayType()

Given a string specifying a MIME media type (potentially with the codecs parameter included), canPlayType() returns the string probably if the media should be playable, maybe if there's not enough information to determine whether the media will play or not, or an empty string if the media cannot be played.

HTMLMediaElement.fastSeek()

Directly seeks to the given time.

HTMLMediaElement.load()

Resets the media to the beginning and selects the best available source from the sources provided using the src attribute or the <source> element.

HTMLMediaElement.pause()

Pauses the media playback.

HTMLMediaElement.play()

Begins playback of the media.

HTMLMediaElement.seekToNextFrame() ' '

Seeks to the next frame in the media. This non-standard, experimental method makes it possible to manually drive reading and rendering of media at a custom speed, or to move through the media frame-by-frame to perform filtering or other operations.

HTMLMediaElement.setMediaKeys() '

Returns Promise. Sets the MediaKeys keys to use when decrypting media during playback.

HTMLMediaElement.setSinkId() '

Sets the ID of the audio device to use for output and returns a Promise. This only works when the application is authorized to use the specified device.

Obsolete methods

These methods are obsolete and should not be used, even if a browser still supports them.

HTMLMediaElement.mozCaptureStream() '

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HTMLMediaElement.mozCaptureStreamUntilEnded() '

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HTMLMediaElement.mozGetMetadata() '

Returns Object, which contains properties that represent metadata from the playing media resource as {key: value} pairs. A separate copy of the data is returned each time the method is called. This method must be called after the loadedmetadata event fires.

HTMLMediaElement.mozLoadFrom() ' '

This method, available only in Mozilla's implementation, loads data from another media element. This works similarly to load() except that instead of running the normal resource selection algorithm, the source is simply set to the other element's currentSrc. This is optimized so this element gets access to all of the other element's cached and buffered data; in fact, the two elements share downloaded data, so data downloaded by either element is available to both.

Events

Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement , defined in the GlobalEventHandlers mixin. Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.

abort

Fired when the resource was not fully loaded, but not as the result of an error.

canplay

Fired when the user agent can play the media, but estimates that not enough data has been loaded to play the media up to its end without having to stop for further buffering of content

canplaythrough

Fired when the user agent can play the media, and estimates that enough data has been loaded to play the media up to its end without having to stop for further buffering of content.

durationchange

Fired when the duration attribute has been updated.

emptied

Fired when the media has become empty; for example, when the media has already been loaded (or partially loaded), and the HTMLMediaElement.load() method is called to reload it.

ended

Fired when playback stops when end of the media (<audio> or <video>) is reached or because no further data is available.

error

Fired when the resource could not be loaded due to an error.

loadeddata

Fired when the first frame of the media has finished loading.

loadedmetadata

Fired when the metadata has been loaded

loadstart

Fired when the browser has started to load a resource.

pause

Fired when a request to pause play is handled and the activity has entered its paused state, most commonly occurring when the media's HTMLMediaElement.pause() method is called.

play

Fired when the paused property is changed from true to false, as a result of the HTMLMediaElement.play() method, or the autoplay attribute

playing

Fired when playback is ready to start after having been paused or delayed due to lack of data

progress

Fired periodically as the browser loads a resource.

ratechange

Fired when the playback rate has changed.

seeked

Fired when a seek operation completes

seeking

Fired when a seek operation begins

stalled

Fired when the user agent is trying to fetch media data, but data is unexpectedly not forthcoming.

suspend

Fired when the media data loading has been suspended.

timeupdate

Fired when the time indicated by the currentTime attribute has been updated.

volumechange

Fired when the volume has changed.

waiting

Fired when playback has stopped because of a temporary lack of data.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Encrypted Media ExtensionsThe definition of 'Encrypted Media Extensions' in that specification.	Recommendation	Adds MediaKeys, MediaEncryptedEvent, setMediaKeys, onencrypted, and onwaitingforkey.
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'HTMLMediaElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5
HTML5The definition of 'HTMLMediaElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
HTMLMediaElement	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 11	Safari iOS Full support 2	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
abort event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
addTextTrack	Chrome Full support 42 Full support 42 Full support 26 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 42 Full support 42 Full support Yes Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Chrome Android Full support 42 Full support 42 Full support 32 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0 Full support 4.0 Full support 3.0 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit
audioTracks	Chrome Full support 37 Disabled' Full support 37 Disabled' Disabled' From version 37: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Edge Full support 79 Disabled' Full support 79 Disabled' Disabled' From version 79: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). No support 12 — 79	Firefox Full support 33 Disabled' Full support 33 Disabled' Disabled' From version 33: this feature is behind the media.track.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE ?	Opera Full support 24 Disabled' Full support 24 Disabled' Disabled' From version 24: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled).	Safari Full support 8	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android Full support 37 Disabled' Full support 37 Disabled' Disabled' From version 37: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Firefox Android Full support 33 Disabled' Full support 33 Disabled' Disabled' From version 33: this feature is behind the media.track.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 24 Disabled' Full support 24 Disabled' Disabled' From version 24: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled).	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android No support No
autoplay	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 30	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support 30	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
buffered	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
canplay event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
canplaythrough event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
canPlayType()	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5 Notes' Full support 3.5 Notes' Notes' Prior to Firefox 28, canPlayType() returned probably when asked about WebM audio or video files without the codecs parameter. Since multiple codecs are supported, this is not enough information to determine if a file can be played, so maybe is now correctly returned.	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
captureStream	Chrome Full support 62	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 15 Prefixed' Full support 15 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz	IE No support No	Opera Full support 49	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 62	Chrome Android Full support 62	Firefox Android Full support 15 Prefixed' Full support 15 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz	Opera Android Full support 46	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 8.0
controller	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Firefox doesn't implement this yet. See bug 847377.	IE ?	Opera No support No	Safari ?	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Firefox doesn't implement this yet. See bug 847377.	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android No support No
controls	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
controlsList	Chrome Full support 58	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox ?	IE ?	Opera Full support 45	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 58	Chrome Android Full support 58	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android Full support 43	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0
crossOrigin	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 13	Firefox Full support 22 Full support 22 No support 12 — 22 Alternate Name' Alternate Name' Uses the non-standard name: crossorigin	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 10	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
currentSrc	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
currentTime	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
defaultMuted	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 11	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support 14	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
defaultPlaybackRate	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 20	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support 20	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
disableRemotePlayback	Chrome Full support 49	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 20	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 49	Chrome Android Full support 49	Firefox Android Full support 15	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0
duration	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
durationchange event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
emptied event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
ended	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
ended event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
error	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
error event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
fastSeek	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 31	IE No support No	Opera ?	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android Full support 31	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
initialTime Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome ?	Edge ?	Firefox No support 9 — 23	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android No support 9 — 23	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
load	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.6	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
loadeddata event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
loadedmetadata event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
loadstart event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
loop	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 11	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
mediaGroup	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Firefox doesn't implement this yet. See bug 847377.	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Firefox doesn't implement this yet. See bug 847377.	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android No support No
mediaKeys	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 13	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
mozAudioCaptured Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome ?	Edge ?	Firefox ?	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
mozCaptureStreamUntilEnded Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome ?	Edge ?	Firefox ?	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
mozChannels Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 4	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
mozFragmentEnd Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome ?	Edge ?	Firefox ?	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
mozFrameBufferLength Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 4	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
mozGetMetadata	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 17	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 17	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
mozLoadFrom Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox No support 3.6 — 24	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android No support 4 — 24	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
mozSampleRate Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 4	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
muted	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
networkState	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5 Notes' Full support 3.5 Notes' Notes' The NETWORK_LOADED state was removed to align with the HTML spec in Firefox 4.	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
onencrypted	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 13	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
onerror	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
onmozinterruptbegin Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome ?	Edge ?	Firefox No support ? — 55	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android No support ? — 55	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
onmozinterruptend	Chrome ?	Edge ?	Firefox No support ? — 55	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android No support ? — 55	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
onwaitingforkey	Chrome Full support 55	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support 42	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 55	Chrome Android Full support 55	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android Full support 42	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0
pause	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
pause event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
paused	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
play	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 11	Safari iOS Full support 6	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
play event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
playbackRate	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 20	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 20	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
played	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 15	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 15	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
playing event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
preload	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
preservesPitch Deprecated'	Chrome Full support Yes Prefixed' Full support Yes Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Edge Full support 79 Prefixed' Full support 79 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Firefox Full support 20 Prefixed' Full support 20 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari Full support 4 Prefixed' Full support 4 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS Full support 4 Prefixed' Full support 4 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
progress event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
ratechange event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
readyState	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
seekable	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 8	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 8	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
seeked event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
seeking	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
seeking event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
seekToNextFrame Experimental'Deprecated'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 49 Disabled' Full support 49 Disabled' Disabled' From version 49: this feature is behind the media.seekToNextFrame preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android Full support 49 Disabled' Full support 49 Disabled' Disabled' From version 49: this feature is behind the media.seekToNextFrame preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
setMediaKeys	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 13	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?
setSinkId	Chrome Full support 49	Edge Full support 17	Firefox Full support 64 Disabled' Full support 64 Disabled' Disabled' From version 64: this feature is behind the media.setsinkid.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 36	Safari ?	WebView Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Not availabe due to a limitation in Android.	Chrome Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Not availabe due to a limitation in Android.	Firefox Android Full support 64 Disabled' Full support 64 Disabled' Disabled' From version 64: this feature is behind the media.setsinkid.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 36	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Not availabe due to a limitation in Android.
sinkId Experimental'	Chrome Full support 49	Edge Full support 17	Firefox ?	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 49	Chrome Android Full support 49	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0
src	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
srcObject	Chrome Partial support 52 Notes' Partial support 52 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects.	Edge Partial support 12 Notes' Partial support 12 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects.	Firefox Partial support 42 Notes' Partial support 42 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects. No support 18 — 58 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz	IE No support No	Opera Partial support 39 Notes' Partial support 39 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects.	Safari Full support 11	WebView Android Partial support 52 Notes' Partial support 52 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects.	Chrome Android Partial support 52 Notes' Partial support 52 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects.	Firefox Android Partial support 42 Notes' Partial support 42 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects. No support 18 — 58 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz	Opera Android Partial support 41 Notes' Partial support 41 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects.	Safari iOS Full support 11	Samsung Internet Android Partial support 6.0 Notes' Partial support 6.0 Notes' Notes' Currently only supports MediaStream objects.
stalled event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
suspend event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
textTracks	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 8	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android ?
timeupdate event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
videoTracks	Chrome Full support 37 Disabled' Full support 37 Disabled' Disabled' From version 37: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Edge Full support 79 Disabled' Full support 79 Disabled' Disabled' From version 79: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). No support 12 — 79	Firefox Full support 33 Disabled' Full support 33 Disabled' Disabled' From version 33: this feature is behind the media.track.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 24 Disabled' Full support 24 Disabled' Disabled' From version 24: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled).	Safari Full support 8	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android Full support 37 Disabled' Full support 37 Disabled' Disabled' From version 37: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled). To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Firefox Android Full support 33 Disabled' Full support 33 Disabled' Disabled' From version 33: this feature is behind the media.track.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 24 Disabled' Full support 24 Disabled' Disabled' From version 24: this feature is behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features preference (needs to be set to enabled).	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android No support No
volume	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
volumechange event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
waiting event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

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Full support  

Full support

Partial support  

Partial support

No support  

No support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.'

Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.'

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

User must explicitly enable this feature.'

User must explicitly enable this feature.

Uses a non-standard name.'

Uses a non-standard name.

Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.'

Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.

See also

References

• <video> and <audio> HTML elements.
• HTMLVideoElement and HTMLAudioElement interfaces, derived from HTMLMediaElement.

Guides

• Web media technologies
• Learning area: Video and audio content
• Guide to media types and formats on the web
• Handling media support issues in web content

HTMLMediaElement by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.