The canplay
event is 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.
Bubbles | No |
Cancelable | No |
Interface | Event
|
Target | Element |
Default Action | None |
Event handler property | GlobalEventHandlers.oncanplay
|
Specification | HTML5 media |
Examples
These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's canplay
event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.
Using addEventListener()
:
const video = document.querySelector('video');
video.addEventListener('canplay', (event) => {
console.log('Video can start, but not sure it will play through.');
});
Using the oncanplay
event handler property:
const video = document.querySelector('video');
video.oncanplay = (event) => {
console.log('Video can start, but not sure it will play through.');
};
Specifications
Specification | Status |
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'canplay media event' in that specification. | Living Standard |
HTML5The definition of 'canplay media event' in that specification. | Recommendation |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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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 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
Related Events
HTMLMediaElement: playing event
HTMLMediaElement: waiting event
HTMLMediaElement: seeking event
HTMLMediaElement: seeked event
HTMLMediaElement: ended event
HTMLMediaElement: loadedmetadata event
HTMLMediaElement: loadeddata event
HTMLMediaElement: canplay event
HTMLMediaElement: canplaythrough event
HTMLMediaElement: durationchange event
HTMLMediaElement: timeupdate event
HTMLMediaElement: play event
HTMLMediaElement: pause event
HTMLMediaElement: ratechange event
HTMLMediaElement: volumechange event
HTMLMediaElement: suspend event
HTMLMediaElement: emptied event
HTMLMediaElement: stalled event
See Also
HTMLMediaElement: canplay event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.