The HTMLMediaElement.pause() method will pause playback of the media, if the media is already in a paused state this method will have no effect. 
 The HTMLMediaElement.pause() method will pause playback of the media, if the media is already in a paused state this method will have no effect. 
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None (undefined).
None.
| Specification | 
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| HTML Standard  # dom-media-pause-dev  | 
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
pause | 
3 | 12 | 3.5 | 9 | ≤12.1 | 3.1 | ≤37 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 1.0 | 
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    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/pause