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JavaScript & HTML DOM Reference Manual

Overview

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<a> <area> <audio> <base> <blockquote> <body> <button> <canvas> <col> <colgroup> <datalist> <del> <details> <dialog> <embed> <fieldset> <form> <iframe> <frameset > <img> <ins> <input> - button <input> - checkbox <input> - color <input> - date <input> - datetime <input> - datetime-local <input> - email <input> - file <input> - hidden <input> - image <input> - month <input> - number <input> - range <input> - password <input> - radio <input> - reset <input> - search <input> - submit <input> - text <input> - time <input> - url <input> - week <keygen> <link> <label> <legend> <li> <map> <menu> <menuItem> <meta> <meter> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <param> <progress> <q> <script> <select> <source> <style> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <textarea> <title> <time> <track> <video>

HTML DOM Video duration property

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Examples

Get the current length of the video:

var x = document.getElementById ( "myVideo") duration.;

x The output is:

12.612

Definition and Usage

duration property returns the current length of the video, in seconds.

Note: Different browsers return a different value. In the above example Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome browser returns "12.612." Safari Back "12.612000465393066", Opera 12 returns "12.585215419" but Opera 18 returns "12.62069."

Note: This property is read-only attribute.

Browser Support

All major browsers support duration property

Note: Internet Explorer 8 or earlier browser does not support this property.

grammar

videoObject .duration

technical details

return value:	Number that is the length of the video, in seconds. If no audio / video, return NaN (Not-a-Number). If the video stream has no predefined length, return "Inf" (unlimited).

Video Object Reference

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