HTMLVideoElement
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.
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Properties
Inherits properties from its ancestor interfaces, HTMLMediaElement
, and HTMLElement
.
HTMLVideoElement.height
- Is a
DOMString
that reflects theheight
HTML attribute, which specifies the height of the display area, in CSS pixels. HTMLVideoElement.poster
- Is a
DOMString
that reflects theposter
HTML attribute, which specifies an image to show while no video data is available. HTMLVideoElement.videoHeight
Read only- Returns an
unsigned long
containing the intrinsic height of the resource in CSS pixels, taking into account the dimensions, aspect ratio, clean aperture, resolution, and so forth, as defined for the format used by the resource. If the element's ready state isHAVE_NOTHING
, the value is0
. HTMLVideoElement.videoWidth
Read only- Returns an
unsigned long
containing the intrinsic width of the resource in CSS pixels, taking into account the dimensions, aspect ratio, clean aperture, resolution, and so forth, as defined for the format used by the resource. If the element's ready state isHAVE_NOTHING
, the value is0
. HTMLVideoElement.width
- Is a
DOMString
that reflects thewidth
HTML attribute, which specifies the width of the display area, in CSS pixels.
Gecko-specific properties
HTMLVideoElement.mozParsedFrames
Read only- Returns an
unsigned long
with the count of video frames that have been parsed from the media resource. HTMLVideoElement.mozDecodedFrames
Read only- Returns an
unsigned long
with the count of parsed video frames that have been decoded into images. HTMLVideoElement.mozPresentedFrames
Read only- Returns an
unsigned long
with the count of decoded frames that have been presented to the rendering pipeline for painting. HTMLVideoElement.mozPaintedFrames
Read only- Returns an
unsigned long
with the count of presented frames which were painted on the screen. HTMLVideoElement.mozFrameDelay
Read only- Returns an
double
with the time which the last painted video frame was late by, in seconds. HTMLVideoElement.mozHasAudio
Read only- Returns a
Boolean
indicating if there is some audio associated with the video.
Methods
Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLMediaElement
, and HTMLElement
.
HTMLVideoElement.getVideoPlaybackQuality()
- Returns a
VideoPlaybackQuality
objects that contains the current playback metrics.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Media Source Extensions The definition of 'Extensions to HTMLVideoElement' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Added the getVideoPlaybackQuality() method. |
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLAreaElement' in that specification. |
Living Standard | No change from HTML5. |
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLAreaElement' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | 4.0 (2.0) | 9.0 | 10.50 | (Yes) |
mozParsedFrames mozDecodedFrames mozPresentedFrames mozPaintedFrames mozFrameDelay |
No support | 5.0 (5.0) | No support | No support | No support |
mozHasAudio |
No support | 15.0 (15.0) | No support | No support | No support |
getVideoPlaybackQuality() |
? | 25.0 (25.0)[1] | ? | ? | ? |
Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | 4.0 (2.0) | 9.0 | (Yes) | (Yes) |
mozParsedFrames mozDecodedFrames mozPresentedFrames mozPaintedFrames mozFrameDelay |
No support | 5.0 (5.0) | No support | No support | No support |
mozHasAudio |
No support | 15.0 (15.0) | No support | No support | No support |
getVideoPlaybackQuality() |
? | 25.0 (25.0)[1] | ? | ? | ? |
[1] Gecko implements this behind the media.mediasource.enabled
preference, defaulting to false
.
See also
- HTML element implementing this interface:
<video>
. - Demo of video paint statistics
- Supported media formats
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/htmlvideoelement