HTML Audio/Video DOMreadyStateProperty

Examples

Get the ready state of the video:

myVid=document.getElementById("video1");
alert(myVid.readyState);

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

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

All major browsers support the readyState property.

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

audio|video.readyState

Type	Description
Number	Indicates 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 readiness 2 = HAVE_CURRENT_DATA - Data for 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 playback

Type

Description

Number

Indicates 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 readiness
2 = HAVE_CURRENT_DATA - Data for 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 playback