HTMLMediaElement.defaultPlaybackRate

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

Syntax

var dSpeed = video.defaultPlaybackRate;
audio.defaultPlaybackRate = 1.0;

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.

The user agent will throw a NotSupportedError exception if the specified value is not supported.

Example

var obj = document.createElement('video');
console.log(obj.defaultPlaybackRate); // 1

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard (HTML)
# dom-media-defaultplaybackrate-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also