The MediaError.message DOMString field provides, if available, any additional vendor-specific error message detail to assist web authors debugging media player errors. The format and content of the string is left to vendors, though it's commonly in the form of a vendor-specific error code followed optionally by a ":" and further detail about the error. It is populated at the time of MediaError creation.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/media/error-message.html

Documentation

• https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#dom-mediaerror-message
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaError/message

Specification

Specification link

Status: Specification currently under development in a Working Group

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Implementation status: Enabled by default (tracking bug)

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web Developers: Strongly positive

Owner

• wolenetz@chromium.org

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Last updated on 2021-05-05