HTMLMediaElement: fastSeek() method
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The HTMLMediaElement.fastSeek()
method quickly seeks the
media to the new time with precision tradeoff.
Note:
If you need to seek with precision, you should set HTMLMediaElement.currentTime
instead.
Syntax
js
fastSeek(time)
Parameters
time
-
A double.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
This example quickly seeks to 20-second position of the video element.
js
let myVideo = document.getElementById("myVideoElement");
myVideo.fastSeek(20);
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML # dom-media-fastseek-dev |
Browser compatibility
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Legend
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- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
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See also
- HTMLMediaElement.currentTime for seeking without precision tradeoff