MediaStreamTrack: ended event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2017.

The ended event of the MediaStreamTrack interface is fired when playback or streaming has stopped because the end of the media was reached or because no further data is available.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

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

js
addEventListener("ended", (event) => { })

onended = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Usage notes

ended events fire when the media stream track's source permanently stops sending data on the stream. There are various ways this can happen, including:

  • There is no more data left to send.
  • The user revoked the permissions needed for the data to be sent.
  • The hardware generating the source data has been removed or ejected.
  • A remote peer has permanently stopped sending data.
  • The only case where the track ends but the ended event is not fired is when calling MediaStreamTrack.stop.

Pausing media does not generate an ended event.

Examples

This example sets up an event handler for the ended event, which changes an on-screen icon to indicate that the track is no longer active.

js
track.addEventListener("ended", () => {
  let statusElem = document.getElementById("status-icon");
  statusElem.src = "/images/stopped-icon.png";
});

You can also set up the event handler using the onended property:

js
track.onended = () => {
  let statusElem = document.getElementById("status-icon");

  statusElem.src = "/images/stopped-icon.png";
};

Specifications

Specification
Media Capture and Streams
# dom-mediastreamtrack-onended

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
ended event
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 26 (Release date: 2013-03-26)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 26 (Release date: 2013-04-03)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1.5 (Release date: 2013-09-25)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also