Detect when an HTML5 video finishes

272

votes

How do you detect when a HTML5 <video> element has finished playing?

Very useful documentation with test page from Apple: developer.apple.com/library/safari/#samplecode/… All you wanted to know on HTML5 video events! – viebel

338

votes

You can add an event listener with 'ended' as first param

Like this :

<video src="video.ogv" id="myVideo">
  video not supported
</video>

<script type='text/javascript'>
    document.getElementById('myVideo').addEventListener('ended',myHandler,false);
    function myHandler(e) {
        // What you want to do after the event
    }
</script>

137

votes

Have a look at this Everything You Need to Know About HTML5 Video and Audio post at the Opera Dev site under the "I want to roll my own controls" section.

This is the pertinent section:

<video src="video.ogv">
     video not supported
</video>

then you can use:

<script>
    var video = document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0];

    video.onended = function(e) {
      /*Do things here!*/
    };
</script>

onended is a HTML5 standard event on all media elements, see the HTML5 media element (video/audio) events documentation.

37

votes

JQUERY

$("#video1").bind("ended", function() {
   //TO DO: Your code goes here...
});

HTML

<video id="video1" width="420">
  <source src="path/filename.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

Event types HTML Audio and Video DOM Reference

6

votes

You can simply add onended="myFunction()" to your video tag.

<video onended="myFunction()">
  ...
  Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>

<script type='text/javascript'>
  function myFunction(){
    console.log("The End.")
  }
</script>

4

votes

Here is a full example, I hope it helps =).

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<body> 

<video id="myVideo" controls="controls">
  <source src="your_video_file.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="your_video_file.mp4" type="video/ogg">
  Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

<script type='text/javascript'>
    document.getElementById('myVideo').addEventListener('ended',myHandler,false);
    function myHandler(e) {
        if(!e) { e = window.event; }
        alert("Video Finished");
    }
</script>
</body> 
</html>

4

votes

Here is a simple approach which triggers when the video ends.

<html>
<body>

    <video id="myVideo" controls="controls">
        <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
        etc ...
    </video>

</body>
<script type='text/javascript'>

    document.getElementById('myVideo').addEventListener('ended', function(e) {

        alert('The End');

    })

</script>
</html>

In the 'EventListener' line substitute the word 'ended' with 'pause' or 'play' to capture those events as well.

0

votes

You can add listener all video events nicluding ended, loadedmetadata, timeupdate where ended function gets called when video ends

$("#myVideo").on("ended", function() {
   //TO DO: Your code goes here...
      alert("Video Finished");
});

$("#myVideo").on("loadedmetadata", function() {
      alert("Video loaded");
  this.currentTime = 50;//50 seconds
   //TO DO: Your code goes here...
});


$("#myVideo").on("timeupdate", function() {
  var cTime=this.currentTime;
  if(cTime>0 && cTime % 2 == 0)//Alerts every 2 minutes once
      alert("Video played "+cTime+" minutes");
   //TO DO: Your code goes here...
  var perc=cTime * 100 / this.duration;
  if(perc % 10 == 0)//Alerts when every 10% watched
      alert("Video played "+ perc +"%");
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>

<body>

  <video id="myVideo" controls="controls">
    <source src="your_video_file.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      <source src="your_video_file.mp4" type="video/ogg">
        Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
  </video>

</body>

</html>

Detect when an HTML5 video finishes

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