duration property
Returns the duration in seconds of the current media resource. A NaN value is returned if duration is not available, or Infinity if the media resource is streaming.
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Syntax
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Property values
Type: number
A floating point number that represents the duration of the current media resource in seconds.
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The duration of the current media in seconds.
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The duration is not available.
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The media is streaming.
Standards information
- HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.8.9.6
See also
- audio element
- audio object
- media
- video element
- video object
- How to use HTML5 to play video files on your webpage
- How to use HTML5 to Add an Audio Player to your Webpage
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