js

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

onloadstart = (event) => {};

html

<div class="example">
  <button type="button">Load video</button>
  <video controls width="250"></video>

  <div class="event-log">
    <label for="eventLog">Event log:</label>
    <textarea readonly class="event-log-contents" id="eventLog"></textarea>
  </div>
</div>

js

const loadVideo = document.querySelector("button");
const video = document.querySelector("video");
const eventLog = document.querySelector(".event-log-contents");
let source = null;

function handleEvent(event) {
  eventLog.textContent += `${event.type}\n`;
}

video.addEventListener("loadstart", handleEvent);
video.addEventListener("progress", handleEvent);
video.addEventListener("canplay", handleEvent);
video.addEventListener("canplaythrough", handleEvent);

loadVideo.addEventListener("click", () => {
  if (source) {
    document.location.reload();
  } else {
    loadVideo.textContent = "Reset example";
    source = document.createElement("source");
    source.setAttribute(
      "src",
      "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/examples/flower.webm",
    );
    source.setAttribute("type", "video/webm");

    video.appendChild(source);
  }
});