JavaScript Media onloadedmetadata Event

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JavaScript Media onloadedmetadata Event

The onloadedmetadata event occurs when the metadata of the media has been loaded.

onloadedmetadata Event as Attribute

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <video onloadedmetadata="myFunction()" controls> <source src="/hawk.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> <script> function myFunction(){ alert("Meta data for video loaded"); } </script> </body> </html>

Syntax

As Attribute

<element onloadedmetadata = "JavaScript">

As Property

object.onloadedmetadata = function(){ // code };

Using Event Listener

object.addEventListener("loadedmetadata" , myScript);

onloadedmetadata Event as Property

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <video controls> <source src="/hawk.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> <script> var x = document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0]; function myFunction(){ alert("Meta data for video loaded"); } x.onloadedmetadata = myFunction; </script> </body> </html>

Using addEventListener() Method

Note: The addEventListener() method is not supported in Internet Explorer 8 and below.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <video controls> <source src="/hawk.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> <script> var x = document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0]; function myFunction(){ alert("Meta data for video loaded"); } x.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", myFunction); </script> </body> </html>

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