HTMLMediaElement: loadstart event
The loadstart event is fired when the browser has started to load a resource.
| Bubbles | No | 
|---|---|
| Cancelable | No | 
| Interface | Event | 
| Event handler property | onloadstart | 
Examples
Live example
HTML
<div class="example">
    <button type="button">Load video</button>
    <video controls width="250"></video>
    <div class="event-log">
        <label>Event log:</label>
        <textarea readonly class="event-log-contents"></textarea>
    </div>
</div>
JS
const loadVideo = document.querySelector('button');
const video = document.querySelector('video');
const eventLog = document.querySelector('.event-log-contents');
let source = null;
function handleEvent(event) {
    eventLog.textContent = eventLog.textContent + `${event.type}\n`;
}
video.addEventListener('loadstart', handleEvent);
video.addEventListener('progress', handleEvent);
video.addEventListener('canplay', handleEvent);
video.addEventListener('canplaythrough', handleEvent);
loadVideo.addEventListener('click', () => {
    if (source) {
        document.location.reload();
    } else {
        loadVideo.textContent = "Reset example";
        source = document.createElement('source');
        source.setAttribute('src', 'https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/examples/flower.webm');
        source.setAttribute('type', 'video/webm');
        video.appendChild(source);
    }
});
Result
Specifications
| Specification | 
|---|
| HTML Standard # event-media-loadstart | 
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser