HTMLMediaElement: error event

The error event is fired when the resource could not be loaded due to an error (for example, a network connectivity problem).

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface Event
Event handler property onerror

Examples

const video = document.querySelector('video');
const videoSrc = 'https://path/to/video.webm';

video.addEventListener('error', () => {
  console.error(`Error loading: ${videoSrc}`);
});

video.setAttribute('src', videoSrc);

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard (HTML)
# event-media-error

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
error_event
1
12
Yes
9
11.6
1.3
1
18
Yes
12
1
1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/error_event