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What is the HTML Audio & Video API?
The HTML5 Audio & Video API provides properties (duration, currentTime, volume), methods (play(), pause(), load()), and events (canplay, ended, timeupdate) for controlling media playback. These elements enable native audio and video playback without plugins.
Media Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| audioTracks | Returns an AudioTrackList object representing available audio tracks |
| autoplay | Sets or returns whether the audio/video should start playing as soon as it is loaded |
| buffered | Returns a TimeRanges object representing the buffered parts of the audio/video |
| controls | Sets or returns whether the audio/video should display controls (like play/pause etc.) |
| currentSrc | Returns the URL of the current audio/video |
| currentTime | Sets or returns the current playback position in the audio/video (in seconds) |
| duration | Returns the length of the current audio/video (in seconds) |
| ended | Returns whether the playback of the audio/video has ended or not |
| loop | Sets or returns whether the audio/video should start over again when finished |
| muted | Sets or returns whether the audio/video is muted or not |
| paused | Returns whether the audio/video is paused or not |
| playbackRate | Sets or returns the speed of the audio/video playback |
| played | Returns a TimeRanges object representing the played parts of the audio/video |
| preload | Sets or returns whether the audio/video should be loaded when the page loads |
| readyState | Returns the current ready state of the audio/video |
| seekable | Returns a TimeRanges object representing the seekable parts of the audio/video |
| seeking | Returns whether the user is currently seeking in the audio/video |
| src | Sets or returns the current source of the audio/video element |
| volume | Sets or returns the volume of the audio/video (from 0.0 to 1.0) |
Media Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| play() | Starts playing the audio/video |
| pause() | Pauses the currently playing audio/video |
| load() | Re-loads the audio/video element |
| canPlayType() | Checks if the browser can play the specified audio/video type |
| addTextTrack() | Adds a new text track to the audio/video |
Media Events
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| abort | Fires when the loading of an audio/video is aborted |
| canplay | Fires when the browser can start playing the audio/video |
| canplaythrough | Fires when the browser can play through the audio/video without stopping for buffering |
| durationchange | Fires when the duration of the audio/video is changed |
| ended | Fires when the current playlist is ended |
| error | Fires when an error occurred during the loading of an audio/video |
| loadeddata | Fires when the browser has loaded the current frame of the audio/video |
| loadedmetadata | Fires when the browser has loaded meta data for the audio/video |
| loadstart | Fires when the browser starts looking for the audio/video |
| pause | Fires when the audio/video has been paused |
| play | Fires when the audio/video has been started or is no longer paused |
| playing | Fires when the audio/video is playing after having been paused or stopped for buffering |
| progress | Fires when the browser is downloading the audio/video |
| ratechange | Fires when the playing speed of the audio/video is changed |
| seeked | Fires when the user is finished moving/skipping to a new position in the audio/video |
| seeking | Fires when the user starts moving/skipping to a new position in the audio/video |
| stalled | Fires when the browser is trying to get media data, but data is not available |
| suspend | Fires when the browser is intentionally not getting media data |
| timeupdate | Fires when the current playback position has changed |
| volumechange | Fires when the volume has been changed |
| waiting | Fires when the video stops because it needs to buffer the next frame |