Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/playing event

The playing event is fired when playback is ready to start after having been paused or delayed due to lack of data.

Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No
Interface	`Event`
Target	Element
Default Action	None
Event handler property	`GlobalEventHandlers.onplaying`
Specification	HTML5 media

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's playing event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.

Using addEventListener():

const video = document.querySelector('video');

video.addEventListener('playing', (event) => {
  console.log('Video is no longer paused');
});

Using the onplaying event handler property:

const video = document.querySelector('video');

video.onplaying = (event) => {
  console.log('Video is no longer paused.');
};

Specifications

Specification	Status
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'playing media event' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5The definition of 'playing media event' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

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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
`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

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Full support: Full support

Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/playing event

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Examples

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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Related Events

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