HTMLMediaElement: error event

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

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

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}}, or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("error", (event) => { })

onerror = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic {{domxref("Event")}}.

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

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("HTMLAudioElement")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLVideoElement")}}
• {{HTMLElement("audio")}}
• {{HTMLElement("video")}}