HTML | Audio/Video DOM pause Event

Last Updated : 16 Oct, 2019

The HTML Audio/Video DOM pause Event occurs when the Audio has been paused by the user or it will be automatically paused or stop.

Syntax:

This syntax is used in HTML
```
<audio|video onpause="myScript">
```

This Syntax is used in JavaScript:

audio|video.onpause=function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, We also using the addEventListener() method:
```
audio|video.addEventListener("pause", myScript); 
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML Audio/Video DOM pause Event 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1> 
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1> 
    <h1 style="color:green"> 
      HTML Audio DOM pause Event 
  </h1> 
    <audio id="geeks" 
           controls> 
        <source src="beep.mp3"
                type="audio/mp3"> 
    </audio> 
    <script> 
        var aud = 
            document.getElementById("geeks"); 
        aud.onpause = function() { 
            alert("Audio is paused now"); 
        }; 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 