Video duration Property - Javascript DOM HTML Element

Javascript examples for DOM HTML Element:Video

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Description

The duration property returns the length of a video, in seconds.

This property is read-only.

Return Value

A Number, representing the length of the video, in seconds.

If no video is set, "NaN" (Not-a-Number) is returned.

If the video is streamed and has no predefined length, "Inf" (which is Infinity) is returned.

The following code shows how to get the length of a video:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<video id="myVideo" width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="your.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="your.ogg" type="video/ogg">
  Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>//from www  .  j  ava 2 s.co m

<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").duration;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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