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  <title>stop() — not pause</title>
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  <h1>stop() vs pause()</h1>
  <p>
    <button type="button" id="stopBtn">Call window.stop()</button>
    <button type="button" id="pauseBtn">Call video.pause()</button>
  </p>
  <pre id="out">Pick a button</pre>
  <p>
    <video id="vid" width="240" height="140" controls>
      <source src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-videos/flower.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    </video>
  </p>
  <script>
    (function () {
      var out = document.getElementById("out");
      var vid = document.getElementById("vid");

      document.getElementById("stopBtn").onclick = function () {
        window.stop();
        out.textContent =
          "window.stop() = halt document resource loading\n" +
          "(does not pause the video)";
      };

      document.getElementById("pauseBtn").onclick = function () {
        vid.pause();
        out.textContent =
          "video.pause() = pause media playback\n" +
          "paused = " + vid.paused;
      };
    })();
  </script>
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