This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
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.
fastSeek(time)
timeA double.
None (undefined).
This example quickly seeks to 20-second position of the video element.
let myVideo = document.getElementById("myVideoElement");
myVideo.fastSeek(20);
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-media-fastseek-dev> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
fastSeek |
No | No | 31 | No | 8 | No | 31 | No | 8 | No | No | 8 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/fastSeek