Prop Video Readystate

HTML DOM Video readyState Property

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Video readyState Property

Video Object Reference Manual Video Object

Example

Get the ready state of the video:

var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").readyState;

document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;

x output result is:

4 // Indicates there is enough data to start playing

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Definition and Usage

The readyState property returns the current ready state of the video.

The ready state indicates whether the audio/video is ready to play.

Note: This property is read-only.

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

All major browsers support the readyState property.

Note: Internet Explorer 8 or earlier browsers do not support this property.

Syntax

videoObject.readyState

Return Value

Type	Description
Number	Represents the ready state of the audio/video element: 0 = HAVE_NOTHING - No information about whether the audio/video is ready 1 = HAVE_METADATA - Metadata about the audio/video is ready 2 = HAVE_CURRENT_DATA - Data about the current playback position is available, but not enough data to play the next frame/millisecond 3 = HAVE_FUTURE_DATA - Data for the current and at least the next frame is available 4 = HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA - Available data is sufficient to start playing

Type

Description

Number

Represents the ready state of the audio/video element:

0 = HAVE_NOTHING - No information about whether the audio/video is ready
1 = HAVE_METADATA - Metadata about the audio/video is ready
2 = HAVE_CURRENT_DATA - Data about the current playback position is available, but not enough data to play the next frame/millisecond
3 = HAVE_FUTURE_DATA - Data for the current and at least the next frame is available
4 = HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA - Available data is sufficient to start playing

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