Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/stalled event

The stalled event is fired when the user agent is trying to fetch media data, but data is unexpectedly not forthcoming.

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

Examples

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

Using addEventListener():

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

video.addEventListener('stalled', (event) => {
  console.log('Failed to fetch data, but trying.');
});

Using the onstalled event handler property:

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

video.onstalled = (event) => {
  console.log('Failed to fetch data, but trying.');
};

Specifications

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

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Full support: Full support

Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/stalled event

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Examples

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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Related Events

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