startTime property
Returns the text track cue start time in seconds.
This property is read-only.
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Syntax
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time = object.startTime |
Property values
Type: number
Floating point value in seconds of starting time of a text track cue.
Standards information
Remarks
The startTime property may include fractional seconds.
Note To create timed text files in both Web Video Text Track (WebVTT) and Timed Text Markup Language (TTML) formats, see HTML5 Video Caption Maker on the Windows Internet Explorer test drive site.
Examples
The following example creates an event listener that updates a div element with the current start and end times, and track text.
<script type="text/javascript"> // don't add this listener until all DOM content is loaded document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () { var track = document.getElementById("track1"); track.addEventListener("cuechange", function () { var myTrack = this.track; var myCues = myTrack.activeCues; // array of current cues. // display the start and end time, and cue text if (myCues.length > 0) { var disp = document.getElementById("display"); disp.innerHTML = myCues[0].startTime + " --> " + myCues[0].endTime + " " + myCues[0].getCueAsHTML().textContent; } }, false); }, false); </script> </head> <body> <video id="video1" controls> <source src="video.mp4" > <track id="track1" label="English subtitles" kind="captions" src="entrack.vtt" srclang="en" default> HTML5 video is not supported </video> <div id="display"></div>
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