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HTMLVideoElement: cancelVideoFrameCallback() method

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{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

The cancelVideoFrameCallback() method of the {{domxref("HTMLVideoElement")}} interface cancels a previously-registered video frame callback.

Syntax

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cancelVideoFrameCallback(id)

Parameters

  • id
    • : A number representing the ID of the video frame callback you want to cancel. This will be the value returned by the corresponding {{DOMxRef("HTMLVideoElement.requestVideoFrameCallback")}} call.

Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

Examples

Canceling a video frame callback

This example shows how to use cancelVideoFrameCallback() to cancel a previously-registered video frame callback.

js
let videoCallbackId = null;

function updateCanvas(now, metadata) {
  // Do something with the frame

  // …

  // Re-register the callback to run on the next frame
  // It's important to update the videoCallbackId on each iteration
  // so you can cancel the callback successfully
  videoCallbackId = video.requestVideoFrameCallback(updateCanvas);
}

// Initial registration of the callback to run on the first frame
videoCallbackId = video.requestVideoFrameCallback(updateCanvas);

// …

// Cancel video frame callback using the latest videoCallbackId
if (videoCallbackId !== null) {
  video.cancelVideoFrameCallback(videoCallbackId);
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also