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HTML Audio/Video DOM seekable Propery

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Example

Get the first seekable range (part) of the video in seconds:

var vid = document.getElementById("myVideo");
alert("Start: " + vid.seekable.start(0) + " End: " + vid.seekable.end(0));
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Definition and Usage

The seekable property returns a TimeRanges object.

The TimeRanges object represents ranges of the audio/video that are available for seeking for user.

A seekable range is a time-range of audio/video where the user can seek (move playback position) to.

For non-streaming videos it is often possible to seek anywhere in the video even before it has been buffered.

Note: This property is read-only.


Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
seekable Yes 9.0 8.0 Yes Yes

Syntax

audio|video.seekable

Return Value

Type Description
TimeRanges Object Represents the seekable parts of the audio/video.

TimeRanges Object Properties:

  • length - get the number of seekable ranges in the audio/video
  • start(index) - get the start position of a seekable range
  • end(index) - get the end position of a seekable range

Note: The first seekable range is index 0


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