onstalled Event

Call a function when the browser is trying to get not available media data:

More examples below.

Description

The onstalled event occurs when the browser is trying to get media data that is not available.

While loading a media, these events occur in the following order:

Event	Occurs When
onloadstart	The loading of a media starts
ondurationchange	The duration of a media is changed
onloadedmetadata	The meta data for a media has been loaded
onloadeddata	A media frame is loaded
onprogress	The browser is loading a media
oncanplay	An element's scrollbar is being scrolled
oncanplaythrough	The browser estimates it can play a media
onplay	A media starts to play
onplaying	A media starts or resumes
ontimeupdate	The indicated time is changed
onended	A media has reached the end

Events that can occur while a media is loading or playing:

Event	Occurs When
onabort	The loading of a media is aborted
onemptied	A media is empty (already loaded)
onerror	An error occurs while loading a media
onpause	A media is paused
onratechange	The playback rate is changed
onseeked	A user has seeked a new media position
onseeking	A user start seeking a new media position
onstalled	Media data is not available
onsuspend	The browser is not getting the media data
onvolumechange	The volume of a media is changed
onwaiting	A media is waiting for the next frame

In HTML:

<element onstalled="myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onstalled = function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("stalled", myScript);

onstalled is a DOM Level 3 (2004) feature.

It is fully supported in all modern browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11