HTML | DOM Video poster Property

The Video poster property is used for setting or returning the value of the poster attribute of a video. The poster attribute is specifically used to display an image while the video is being downloaded, or until the play button is hit by the user.
The first frame of the video is displayed if the poster option is not included.

Syntax:
Return the poster property:

videoObject.poster

Set the poster property:

videoObject.poster = URL

Property Values

URL : It is used to specify the URL of the image file.

Below program illustrates the Video Poster property :

Example: Changing the poster image of a video.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
  <title>DOM Video poster Property</title> 
</head> 
  
<body style="text-align:center"> 
  
    <h1 style="color:green"> 
      GeeksforGeeks 
  </h1> 
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact"> 
      Video Poster Property 
  </h2> 
    <br> 
  
    <video id="Test_Video" 
           width="360" 
           height="240" 
           poster="gfg_200X200.png" 
           controls> 
        
        <source src="samplevideo.mp4"
                type="video/mp4"> 
        <source src="movie.ogg" 
                type="video/ogg"> 
    </video> 
  
    <p>To change the poster image, 
      double click the "Change Poster" button.</p> 
  
    <button ondblclick="My_Video()"
            type="button">Change Poster</button> 
  
    <script> 
        function My_Video() { 
            document.getElementById( 
              "Test_Video").poster = "Unknown.png"; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:
Before clicking the button::

After clicking the button:

Supported Browsers:

Apple Safari
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Google Chrome
Opera

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