HTMLMediaElement: defaultPlaybackRate property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The HTMLMediaElement.defaultPlaybackRate property indicates the default playback rate for the media.

Value

A double. 1.0 is "normal speed," values lower than 1.0 make the media play slower than normal, higher values make it play faster.

Exceptions

NotSupportedError DOMException

Thrown if the specified value is not supported.

Examples

js
const obj = document.createElement("video");
console.log(obj.defaultPlaybackRate); // 1

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-media-defaultplaybackrate-dev

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
defaultPlaybackRate

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Full support
Full support

See also

  • HTMLMediaElement: Interface used to define the HTMLMediaElement.defaultPlaybackRate property