Audio readyStateProperty

Example

Get the ready state of the audio:

var x = document.getElementById("myAudio").readyState;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;

xOutput result:

4 // indicates there is enough data to start playing the audio

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

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

Note:This property is read-only.

All major browsers support the readyState property.

Note:Internet Explorer 8 and earlier IE versions do not support this property.

audioObject.readyState

Type	Description
Numeric value	Indicates the ready state of the audio element: 0 = HAVE_NOTHING - No information about whether the audio is ready 1 = HAVE_METADATA - Metadata about the audio is ready 2 = HAVE_CURRENT_DATA - Data about the current playback position is available, but there is 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 enough to start playback

Type

Description

Numeric value

Indicates the ready state of the audio element:

0 = HAVE_NOTHING - No information about whether the audio is ready
1 = HAVE_METADATA - Metadata about the audio is ready
2 = HAVE_CURRENT_DATA - Data about the current playback position is available, but there is 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 enough to start playback

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