HTMLVideoElement - Web APIs

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 the height HTML attribute, which specifies the height of the display area, in CSS pixels.
HTMLVideoElement.poster: Is a DOMString that reflects the poster 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 the width 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.

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.

Events

Inherits methods 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.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLVideoElement' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`HTMLVideoElement`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`cancelVideoFrameCallback` ExperimentalNon-standard	Chrome Full support 83	Edge Full support 83	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support 69	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 83	Chrome Android Full support 83	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`getVideoPlaybackQuality` Experimental	Chrome Full support 80	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 42 Full support 42 No support 25 — 42 Notes Disabled Notes Limited support to an allowed list of sites, for example YouTube, Netflix, and other popular streaming sites. The limitation was removed when Media Source Extensions was enabled by default in Firefox 42. Disabled From version 25 until version 42 (exclusive): this feature is behind the `media.mediasource.enabled` preference. To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE Full support 11 Notes Full support 11 Notes Notes Only works on Windows 8+.	Opera Full support 67	Safari Full support 8	WebView Android Full support 80	Chrome Android Full support 80	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`height`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`mozDecodedFrames` DeprecatedNon-standard	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 5	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 5	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`mozFrameDelay` DeprecatedNon-standard	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 5	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 5	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`mozHasAudio` DeprecatedNon-standard	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 15	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 15	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`mozPaintedFrames` DeprecatedNon-standard	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 5	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 5	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`mozParsedFrames` DeprecatedNon-standard	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 5	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 5	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`mozPresentedFrames` DeprecatedNon-standard	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 5	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 5	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`msIsStereo3D` Non-standard	Chrome No support No	Edge No support 12 — 79	Firefox No support No	IE Full support 10	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`poster`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`requestVideoFrameCallback` ExperimentalNon-standard	Chrome Full support 83	Edge Full support 83	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support 69	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 83	Chrome Android Full support 83	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No
`videoHeight`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`videoWidth`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`width`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.: Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.: Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.: Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
See implementation notes.: See implementation notes.
User must explicitly enable this feature.: User must explicitly enable this feature.