Thestalled event is fired when the user agent is trying to fetch media data, but data is unexpectedly not forthcoming.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods likeaddEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("stalled", (event) => { })onstalled = (event) => { }

Event type

A genericEvent.

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement'sstalled event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.

UsingaddEventListener():

const video = document.querySelector("video");video.addEventListener("stalled", (event) => {  console.log("Failed to fetch data, but trying.");});

Using theonstalled event handler property:

const video = document.querySelector("video");video.onstalled = (event) => {  console.log("Failed to fetch data, but trying.");};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Related Events

• The HTMLMediaElementplaying event
• The HTMLMediaElementwaiting event
• The HTMLMediaElementseeking event
• The HTMLMediaElementseeked event
• The HTMLMediaElementended event
• The HTMLMediaElementloadedmetadata event
• The HTMLMediaElementloadeddata event
• The HTMLMediaElementcanplay event
• The HTMLMediaElementcanplaythrough event
• The HTMLMediaElementdurationchange event
• The HTMLMediaElementtimeupdate event
• The HTMLMediaElementplay event
• The HTMLMediaElementpause event
• The HTMLMediaElementratechange event
• The HTMLMediaElementvolumechange event
• The HTMLMediaElementsuspend event
• The HTMLMediaElementemptied event

See also

• HTMLAudioElement
• HTMLVideoElement
• <audio>
• <video>