'YouTube JavaScript API: use of "unstarted" state
From the player documentation: "When the player first loads a video, it will broadcast an unstarted (-1) event."
What's the intended use of this event? That is, what would my host code do differently, as a consequence of seeing it, than it would if the state didn't exist? The example code I've seen does nothing but log it.
Solution 1:[1]
Might be a good way to detect if autoplay is enabled. I.e. "unstarted" would happen on platforms that don't support autoplay but was attempted, but "playing" would be the event for other systems.
Solution 2:[2]
I've been finding the -1 tripping up some of my logic so decided to just ignore it and hope for the best.
I actually see a sequence of -1, 3, -1 with less than 1ms between each event. So if your logic depends any sort of state machine transitions between states you may need to consider that.
Also watch out for this if you explicitly use stopVideo()
Important: Unlike the pauseVideo function, which leaves the player in the paused (2) state, the stopVideo function could put the player into any not-playing state, including ended (0), paused (2), video cued (5) or unstarted (-1).
Generally you should use pauseVideo() which according to this won't result in -1.
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | fallacy |
| Solution 2 | Simon_Weaver |