Name

MediaError — an <audio> or <video> error

Synopsis

When an error occurs on an <audio> or <video> tag, an error event is triggered and the error property is set to a MediaError object. The code property specifies what kind of error occurred. The following constants define the values of that property.

Constants

unsigned short MEDIA_ERR_ABORTED = 1

The user asked the browser to stop loading the media.

unsigned short MEDIA_ERR_NETWORK = 2

The media is of the right type, but a network error prevented it from being loaded.

unsigned short MEDIA_ERR_DECODE = 3

The media is of the right type, but an encoding error prevented it from being decoded and played.

unsigned short MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED = 4

The media specified by the src attribute is not a type that the browser can play.

Properties

readonly unsigned short code

This property describes the type of media error that occurred. Its value will be one of the constants above.

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