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description: "Discussion on \"Blazor and Media events - Hard to handle?\". Preface\nI saw some chat recently on the  Blazor Gitter Channel asking about binding to events on the html5 video tag. It seems this person was not alone - others had similar problems - the events you subscribe to in Blazor are just not firing. \n\nI de..."
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# [Blazor and Media events - Hard to handle?](https://blog.mistermagoo.dev/blazor-and-media-events-hard-to-handle?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Preface I saw some chat recently on the Blazor Gitter Channel asking about binding to events on the html5 video tag. It seems this person was not alone - others had similar problems - the events you subscribe to in Blazor are just not firing. I de...

Aug 14, 2020 · 4 min read · blog.mistermagoo.dev  
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[José Vicente](https://hashnode.com/@josevi)

[Mar 8, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/blazor-and-media-events-hard-to-handle/5f36f738c4d5973f55c90282/comment/60467484ec8992449a78bede)

Hi, Mister Magoo. I am trying to play a video based on m3u8 and it looks like it is not supported. What do you think about this?

Thanks in advance.

[Kot](https://hashnode.com/@kot)

[Dec 4, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/blazor-and-media-events-hard-to-handle/5f36f738c4d5973f55c90282/comment/5fcab1d52e4db7780e482927)

The issue linked is now resolved (in 5.0) as far as I can see. Hooray!

[Mister Magoo](https://hashnode.com/@MisterMagoo)

[Dec 5, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/blazor-and-media-events-hard-to-handle/5f36f738c4d5973f55c90282/comment/5fcab1d52e4db7780e482927#reply-5fcaf8842e4db7780e482bae)

I can't see an actual fix, it looks like the issue was just closed but I'll take a better look tomorrow.

[Hannes Preishuber](https://hashnode.com/@HannesPreishuber)

[Aug 27, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/blazor-and-media-events-hard-to-handle/5f36f738c4d5973f55c90282/comment/5f47511bb3e09a2eded7e851)

"It's long been known that you can trigger an html event in JavaScript land using dispatchEvent and (as long as it bubbles) Blazor will catch it and process it like any other." can you give me some reference? it is new for me.

[Mister Magoo](https://hashnode.com/@MisterMagoo)

[Sep 8, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/blazor-and-media-events-hard-to-handle/5f36f738c4d5973f55c90282/comment/5f47511bb3e09a2eded7e851#reply-5f575539c7a2e2271355a0b2)

I don't know of any reference, sorry but it does get talked about on StackOverflow quite often in relation to Blazor/Javascript interactions.