video elements fire 'error' event even when successfully assigning to video.src

[aoberoi]

Can we find a way to intercept and swallow the 'error' event that the

repro:

videoElement.addEventListener('error', function(event) {
  if (event.target.error.code === window.MediaError.MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
    console.error(':(');
  }
});
videoElement.addEventListneer('loadedmetadata' function() {
  console.log('success!');
});
videoElement.src = URL.createObjectURL(stream);

The output will be:

:(
success!

I only expect:

success!

[ibc]

I don't see any way to prevent that "error" event. If the user sets a event listener for the "error" event in a <video> element there is little the library/plugin can do to avoid it. In fact, the video element may be later used for rendering a remote video via a HTTP URL, so I prefer not to generate conflict with the element normal behavior.

Said that, it should be documented so I will do it on next days and leave this issue open until done.

[murillo128]

Could it be possible to attach the addEventListener for on 'error' when we capture the src attribute change, and then on the event handler remove it and prevent event propagation?

[ibc]

It's being coded right now.

[ibc]

Version 1.3.1 published with this improvement.