Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@danro
Created June 6, 2013 23:33
Show Gist options
  • Save danro/5725870 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save danro/5725870 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Remove HTML5 video and clear src attribute to prevent leaks.
// remove audio + video + stop all the downloadin’
// assumes $video and $audio are jQuery selectors for <video> and <audio> tags.
var removeMedia = function () {
_.each([$video, $audio], function ($media) {
if (!$media.length) return;
$media[0].pause();
$media[0].src = '';
$media.children('source').prop('src', '');
$media.remove().length = 0;
});
};
@ddfridley
Copy link

@Beraliv

It will produce MEDIA_ELEMENT_ERROR
Better to add removeAttribute after that: https://twitter.com/beraliv/status/1205214277956775936

Thanks! This was really useful.

@Beraliv
Copy link

Beraliv commented Apr 28, 2022

@eladkarako Yeah, definitely a necessary thing especially for slow performant devices (e.g. Tizen 2.3 and 2.4)

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment