Setting src to an empty string throws an error.

[walruscow]

Is there a good way to stop the current video from loading? player.src('') works but spews errors into the console, which is undesirable.

Why not dispose of the player? I want to continue playing the same video later, I just don't want it eating bandwidth while "paused".

[mmcc]

This looks like a regression, setting src to an empty string should work.

[02clams]

I ran into this several version ago and fixed it by using a single space for the src(" "). An empty string caused the video to continue loading, but the single space finally terminated the connection.

[mmcc]

Ok so I think we're all talking about different things here. There's an actual issue that was introduced in 4.11.3 that we're putting out a fix for right now.

@02clams if you're referring to the MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED error, that's an error that's getting thrown because a blank string is technically not a supported source, so we're getting that error from the video element.

[walruscow]

I was also referring to the MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED error (looks like two in console, but upon inspection seems to be just one). Thanks for such a quick and helpful response! :)

[ange007]

Perhaps I do something not so, but in the last stable version ( with the editings given above ), at: _player.src (' ');_

Linyx Mint 17, Chrome 40:

VIDEOJS: TypeError: Cannot read property 'handleSource' of null {stack: (...), message: "Cannot read property 'handleSource' of null"}

Linux Mint 17, FF 35:

"VIDEOJS:" TypeError: sh is null

[mmcc]

@ange007 #1787 fixed this and went out with today's patch release (4.11.4).

[ange007]

Last version.

this.player.pause( );
this.player.src( '' );

Result:
http://i.imgur.com/0AcHrYe.png

[mmcc]

You're totally right. I'm going to edit this title to be a little more descriptive and re-open.

[ksheurs]

Is there a preferred way to clear out the source in 4.12.2?

I am using the resolutions plugin that seems to set this on load. See https://github.com/vidcaster/video-js-resolutions/blob/master/video-js-resolutions.js#L42 for reference.

With that line in there, I am also seeing the Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'handleSource' of null error.

[ksheurs]

thanks for that!