• Web APIs
  • audioTracks
  • controller Non-standard Deprecated
  • currentSrc
  • disableRemotePlayback
  • loop
  • mediaGroup Non-standard Deprecated
  • paused
  • preservesPitch
  • seeking
  • textTracks
  • canPlayType()
  • pause()
  • seekToNextFrame() Non-standard Deprecated
  • canplay
  • encrypted
  • loadedmetadata
  • playing
  • seeking
  • volumechange
  • Element
  • addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

    js
    addEventListener("loadstart", (event) => {});
    
    onloadstart = (event) => {};
    

    Event type

    A generic Event.

    Examples

    Live example

    HTML

    html
    <div class="example">
      <button type="button">Load video</button>
      <video controls width="250"></video>
    
      <div class="event-log">
        <label for="eventLog">Event log:</label>
        <textarea readonly class="event-log-contents" id="eventLog"></textarea>
      </div>
    </div>
    

    JavaScript

    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 += `${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/cc0-videos/flower.webm",
        );
        source.setAttribute("type", "video/webm");
    
        video.appendChild(source);
      }
    });
    

    Result

    Specifications

    Specification
    HTML
    # handler-onloadstart

    Browser compatibility

    BCD tables only load in the browser

    See also