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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).

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js

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

onerror = (event) => {};

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

js

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
# event-media-error
HTML Standard
# handler-window-onmessageerror

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 3 12 6 9 11.6 3.1 4.4 18 6 12 3 1.0

See also

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