This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
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
HTMLMediaElement.fastSeek(time);
Parameters
- time
- A double.
Return value
None.
Example
This example quickly seeks to 20-second position of the video element.
let myVideo = document.getElementById("myVideoElement"); myVideo.fastSeek(20);
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'fastSeek()' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition; living specification. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fastSeek | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 31 | IE ? | Opera ? | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android ? | Chrome Android ? | Firefox Android Full support 31 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
See also
- HTMLMediaElement.currentTime for seeking without precision tradeoff