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HTMLVideoElement

Implemented by the <video> element, the HTMLVideoElement interface provides special properties and methods for manipulating video objects. It also inherits properties and methods of HTMLMediaElement and HTMLElement.

The list of supported media formats varies from one browser to the other. You should either provide your video in a single format that all the relevant browsers supports, or provide multiple video sources in enough different formats that all the browsers you need to support are covered.

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLMediaElement HTMLVideoElement

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its ancestor interfaces, HTMLMediaElement, and HTMLElement.

HTMLVideoElement.height

A string that reflects the height HTML attribute, which specifies the height of the display area, in CSS pixels.

HTMLVideoElement.poster

A string that reflects the poster HTML attribute, which specifies an image to show while no video data is available.

HTMLVideoElement.videoHeight Read only

Returns an unsigned integer value indicating the intrinsic height of the resource in CSS pixels, or 0 if no media is available yet.

HTMLVideoElement.videoWidth Read only

Returns an unsigned integer value indicating the intrinsic width of the resource in CSS pixels, or 0 if no media is available yet.

HTMLVideoElement.width

A string that reflects the width HTML attribute, which specifies the width of the display area, in CSS pixels.

HTMLVideoElement.disablePictureInPicture

The disablePictureInPicture property will hint the user agent to not suggest the picture-in-picture to users or to request it automatically

Gecko-specific properties

HTMLVideoElement.mozParsedFrames Non-standard Read only Deprecated

Returns an unsigned long with the count of video frames that have been parsed from the media resource.

HTMLVideoElement.mozDecodedFrames Non-standard Read only Deprecated

Returns an unsigned long with the count of parsed video frames that have been decoded into images.

HTMLVideoElement.mozPresentedFrames Non-standard Read only Deprecated

Returns an unsigned long with the count of decoded frames that have been presented to the rendering pipeline for painting.

HTMLVideoElement.mozPaintedFrames Non-standard Read only Deprecated

Returns an unsigned long with the count of presented frames which were painted on the screen.

HTMLVideoElement.mozFrameDelay Non-standard Read only Deprecated

Returns an double with the time which the last painted video frame was late by, in seconds.

HTMLVideoElement.mozHasAudio Non-standard Read only Deprecated

Returns a boolean indicating if there is some audio associated with the video.

Instance methods

Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLMediaElement, and from its ancestor HTMLElement.

HTMLVideoElement.getVideoPlaybackQuality()

Returns a VideoPlaybackQuality object that contains the current playback metrics. This information includes things like the number of dropped or corrupted frames, as well as the total number of frames.

HTMLVideoElement.requestPictureInPicture()

Requests that the user agent make video enters picture-in-picture mode

Events

Inherits events from its parent, HTMLMediaElement, and from its ancestor HTMLElement. Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.

enterpictureinpicture

Sent to a HTMLVideoElement when it enters Picture-in-Picture mode.

leavepictureinpicture

Sent to a HTMLVideoElement when it leaves Picture-in-Picture mode.

Specifications

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
HTMLVideoElement 3 12 3.5 9 10.5 3.1 ≤37 18 4 11 3 1.0
cancelVideoFrameCallback 83 83 No No 69 15.4 83 83 No 59 15.4 13.0
disablePictureInPicture 69 79 116 No 56 13.1 No 105 116 72 13.4 20.0
enterpictureinpicture_event 69 79 No No 56 13.1 No 105 No 72 13.4 20.0
getVideoPlaybackQuality 80 12 42
11Only works on Windows 8+.
67 8 80 80 42 57 8 13.0
height 3 12 3.5 9 10.5 3.1 ≤37 18 4 11 3 1.0
leavepictureinpicture_event 69 79 No No 56 13.1 No 105 No 72 13.4 20.0
mozDecodedFrames No No 5 No No No No No 5 No No No
mozFrameDelay No No 5 No No No No No 5 No No No
mozHasAudio No No 15 No No No No No 15 No No No
mozPaintedFrames No No 5 No No No No No 5 No No No
mozParsedFrames No No 5 No No No No No 5 No No No
mozPresentedFrames No No 5 No No No No No 5 No No No
playsInline 75 79 No No 62 10 75 75 No 54 10 11.0
poster 3 12 3.6 9 10.5 3.1 ≤37 18 4 11 3 1.0
requestPictureInPicture 69 79 No No 56 13.1 No 105 No 72 13.4 20.0
requestVideoFrameCallback 83 83 No No 69 15.4 83 83 No 59 15.4 13.0
resize_event 3 79
12–79The onresize event handler property is not supported.
3.5
9The onresize event handler property is not supported.
10.5 3.1 ≤37 18 4 11 3 1.0
videoHeight 3 12 3.5 9 10.5 3.1 ≤37 18 4 11 3 1.0
videoWidth 3 12 3.5 9 10.5 3.1 ≤37 18 4 11 3 1.0
width 3 12 3.5 9 10.5 3.1 ≤37 18 4 11 3 1.0

See also

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