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.
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 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
-
Is a
DOMString
that reflects thewidth
HTML attribute, which specifies the width of the display area, in CSS pixels. HTMLVideoElement.autoPictureInPicture
-
The
autoPictureInPicture
attribute will automatically enter and leave the picture-in-picture mode for a video element when the user switches tab and/or applications 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
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.
Microsoft Extensions
HTMLVideoElement.msFrameStep()
-
Steps the video by one frame forward or one frame backward.
HTMLVideoElement.msHorizontalMirror
-
Gets or sets whether a video element is flipped horizontally in the display.
HTMLVideoElement.msInsertVideoEffect()
-
Inserts the specified video effect into the media pipeline.
HTMLVideoElement.msIsLayoutOptimalForPlayback
Read only-
Indicates whether the video can be rendered more efficiently.
HTMLVideoElement.msIsStereo3D
Read only-
Determines whether the system considers the loaded video source to be stereo 3-D or not. Value set to true indicates source is stereo 3D.
HTMLVideoElement.msZoom
-
Controls whether the video frame is trimmed to fit the video display.
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
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # htmlvideoelement |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- HTML element implementing this interface:
<video>
. - Supported media formats