HTML DOM Audio played Property

Example

Get the first played range (part) of the audio in seconds:

var x = document.getElementById("myAudio");

document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Start: " + x.played.start(0) 
+ " End: " + x.played.end(0)

x output will be:

Start: 0 End: 2.162583

Try it yourself »

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Definition and Usage

The played property returns a TimeRanges object.

The TimeRanges object represents the ranges of the audio that the user has played or seen.

A played range is a time range of the audio that has been played. If the user jumps around in the audio, you will get multiple played ranges.

Note: This property is read-only.

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Browser Support

All major browsers support the played property.

Note: Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions do not support this property.

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Syntax

audioObject.played

Return Value

Type	Description
TimeRanges Object	Represents the played ranges of the audio. The properties of the TimeRanges object are: length - Gets the number of played ranges in the audio start(index) - Gets the start position of a played range end(index) - Gets the end position of a played range Note: The index of the first played range is 0.

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Audio Object