HTMLMediaElement: waiting event

The waiting event is fired when playback has stopped because of a temporary lack of data.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

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

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

onwaiting = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's waiting event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.

Using addEventListener():

const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.addEventListener("waiting", (event) => {
  console.log("Video is waiting for more data.");
});

Using the onwaiting event handler property:

const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.onwaiting = (event) => {
  console.log("Video is waiting for more data.");
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Related Events

• The HTMLMediaElement playing event
• The HTMLMediaElement seeking event
• The HTMLMediaElement seeked event
• The HTMLMediaElement ended event
• The HTMLMediaElement loadedmetadata event
• The HTMLMediaElement loadeddata event
• The HTMLMediaElement canplay event
• The HTMLMediaElement canplaythrough event
• The HTMLMediaElement durationchange event
• The HTMLMediaElement timeupdate event
• The HTMLMediaElement play event
• The HTMLMediaElement pause event
• The HTMLMediaElement ratechange event
• The HTMLMediaElement volumechange event
• The HTMLMediaElement suspend event
• The HTMLMediaElement emptied event
• The HTMLMediaElement stalled event

See also

• HTMLAudioElement
• HTMLVideoElement
• <audio>
• <video>