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HTML Audio/Video DOM seekable property

The read-only property seekable of HTMLMediaElement returns a TimeRanges object that contains the areas (if any) to which the user can jump.

　HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference Manual

Online Example

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

Example

!DOCTYPE　html>
<html>
<head>
<meta　charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML　Audio/Video　seekable　property usage-Basic Tutorial(oldtoolbag.com)</title>
</head>
<body>
<button　onclick="getFirstSeekableRange()"　type="button">Get the first video seekable range in seconds</button>
<br>　
<video　id="video1"　controls="controls">
　　<source　src="movie.mp4"　type="video/mp4">
　　<source　src="movie.ogg"　type="video/ogg">
　　Your browser does not support　HTML5　video　　tag.
</video>
<script>
myVid=document.getElementById("video1");
function　getFirstSeekableRange()
{　
　　alert("Start:　"　+　myVid.seekable.start(0)　+　"　End:　"　　+　myVid.seekable.end(0));
}　
</script>　
</body>
</html>

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Definition and Usage

The seekable property returns a TimeRanges object.
The TimeRanges object represents the audio that can be found for the user/Video range.
Searchable range is the audio that the user can search (move the playback position)/Video time range.
For non-streaming videos, it is usually even possible to search at any position in the video before the video is buffered.
Note: This property is read-only.

Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

All mainstream browsers support the seekable property.

Note:Internet Explorer 8 And earlier versions do not support this property.

Syntax

audio|video.seekable

Return value

Type	Description
TimeRanges Object	Represents audio/Addressable parts in the video. Properties of TimeRanges Object: length - Get audio/The number of addressable ranges in the video start(index) - Get the start position of the addressable range end(index) - Get the end position of the addressable range Note:The first index of the addressable range index Is 0.

　HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference Manual

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