Video seekable Property

Example

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

var x = document.getElementById("myVideo");
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Start: " + x.seekable.start(0)
+ " End: " + x.seekable.end(0);

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Description

The seekable property returns a TimeRanges object.

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

A seekable range is a time-range of 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

Property
seekable	Yes	9.0	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

videoObject.seekable

Return Value

Type	Description
TimeRanges Object	Represents the seekable parts of the video. TimeRanges Object Properties: length - get the number of seekable ranges in the 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

Type

Description

TimeRanges Object

Represents the seekable parts of the video.

TimeRanges Object Properties:

length - get the number of seekable ranges in the 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

❮ Video Object