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.
HTMLMediaElement: fastSeek() method
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 |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-media-fastseek-dev |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
fastSeek |
No | No | 31 | No | No | 8 | No | No | 31 | No | 8 | No |
See also
- HTMLMediaElement.currentTime for seeking without precision tradeoff
© 2005–2023 MDN contributors.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/fastSeek