< HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference
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 |