Find out if the video is paused:
var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").paused;
Click the button to find out if the video is paused.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <video id="myVideo" width="100" height="100" controls> <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="video.ogg" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video>// w w w .j a v a2 s . c om <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").paused; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>
The paused property returns whether the video is paused.
The paused property returns true if the video is paused. Otherwise it returns false.