# video


>  **NOTE**
>
>  - This component is supported since API version 4. Updates will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.
>
>  - Set **configChanges** under **abilities** in the **config.json** file to **orientation**.
>  ```
>  "abilities": [
>  {
>  "configChanges": ["orientation"],
>  ...
>  }
>  ]
>  ```

The **\<video>** component provides a video player.


## Child Components

Not supported


## Attributes

In addition to the [universal attributes](../arkui-js/js-components-common-attributes.md), the following attributes are supported.

| Name     | Type    | Default Value | Mandatory | Description                              |
| -------- | ------- | ------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| muted    | boolean | false         | No        | Whether the video is muted.              |
| src      | string  | -             | No        | Path of the video content to play.       |
| autoplay | boolean | false         | No        | Whether the video is played automatically after being rendered. |
| controls | boolean | true          | No        | Whether the control bar is displayed during video playback. If the value is set to **false**, the control bar is not displayed. The default value is **true**, indicating that the platform can either show or hide the control bar. |


## Styles

In addition to the [universal styles](../arkui-js/js-components-common-styles.md), the following styles are supported.

| Name       | Type   | Default Value | Mandatory | Description                              |
| ---------- | ------ | ------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| object-fit | string | contain       | No        | Video scale type. If **poster** has been assigned a value, the setting of this style will affect the scaling type of the video poster. For details, see object-fit enums. |

**Table 1** object-fit enums

| Type | Description                              |
| ---- | ---------------------------------------- |
| fill | The image is resized to fill the display area, and its aspect ratio is not retained. |


## Events

In addition to the [universal events](../arkui-js/js-components-common-events.md), the following events are supported.

| Name       | Parameter                                | Description                              |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| prepared   | {&nbsp;duration:&nbsp;value&nbsp;}<sup>5+</sup> | Triggered when the video preparation is complete. The video duration (in seconds) is obtained from **duration**. |
| start      | -                                        | Triggered when the video is played.      |
| pause      | -                                        | Triggered when the video playback is paused. |
| finish     | -                                        | Triggered when the video playback is finished. |
| error      | -                                        | Triggered when the video playback fails. |
| seeking    | {&nbsp;currenttime:&nbsp;value&nbsp;}    | Triggered to report the time (in seconds) when the progress bar is being dragged. |
| seeked     | {&nbsp;currenttime:&nbsp;value&nbsp;}    | Triggered to report the playback time (in seconds) when the user finishes dragging the progress bar. |
| timeupdate | {&nbsp;currenttime:&nbsp;value&nbsp;}    | Triggered once per 250 ms when the playback progress changes. The unit of the current playback time is second. |


## Methods

In addition to the [universal methods](../arkui-js/js-components-common-methods.md), the following methods are supported.

| Name           | Parameter                             | Description                              |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| start          | -                                     | Starts playing a video.                  |
| pause          | -                                     | Pauses a video.                          |
| setCurrentTime | {&nbsp;currenttime:&nbsp;value&nbsp;} | Sets the video playback position, in seconds. |

> **NOTE**
>
> The methods in the above table can be called after the **attached** callback is invoked.

## Example

```html
<!-- xxx.hml -->
<div class="container">
  <video id='videoId' src='/common/myDeram.mp4' muted='false' autoplay='false'
         controls='true' onprepared='preparedCallback' onstart='startCallback'
         onpause='pauseCallback' onfinish='finishCallback' onerror='errorCallback'
         onseeking='seekingCallback' onseeked='seekedCallback' 
         ontimeupdate='timeupdateCallback'
         style="object-fit:fill; width:80%; height:400px;"
         onclick="change_start_pause">
   </video>
</div>
```

```css
/* xxx.css */
.container {
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}
```

```js
// xxx.js
export default {
  data: {
    event:'',
    seekingtime:'',
    timeupdatetime:'',
    seekedtime:'',
    isStart: true,
    duration: '',
  },
  preparedCallback:function(e){ this.event = 'Video successfully connected'; this.duration = e.duration;},
  startCallback:function(){this.event = 'Playback starts.';},
  pauseCallback:function(){this.event = 'Playback pauses.';},
  finishCallback:function(){this.event = 'Playback ends.';},
  errorCallback:function(){this.event = 'Playback error.';},
  seekingCallback:function(e){ this.seekingtime = e.currenttime; },
  timeupdateCallback:function(e){ this.timeupdatetime = e.currenttime;},
  change_start_pause: function() {
    if(this.isStart) {
      this.$element('videoId').pause();
      this.isStart = false;
    } else {
      this.$element('videoId').start();
      this.isStart = true; 
    }
  },
}
```