How can I get JW Player 6 to seek to a point and pause itself there without losing the ability to seek while continuing playback on subsequent requests.
For example, the following solution is not satisfactory because it pauses the player after every seek request, not just the current one.
var player = jwplayer('target').setup({
file: '/some-file.mp3'
});
player.onSeek(function(){
player.pause();
});
player.seek(300);
Really, I'm looking for an API which is as simple as this:
player.seek(toTime, pause = false)
Note that there is a similar open question referring to JW Player 5.4.
This can be done using attributes of HTML Tags.
Example:
<audio ontimeupdate="tracktime(this)" id="audio" preload="none" controls="controls" width="300" onplay="javascript:onplay()" onpause="javascript:onpause()" onended="javascript:onended()" src="">
<script>
var mediaElement = document.getElementById('audio');
mediaElement.seekable.start(); // Returns the starting time (in seconds)
mediaElement.seekable.end(); // Returns the ending time (in seconds)
mediaElement.currentTime = 122; // Seek to 122 seconds
mediaElement.played.end(); // Returns the number of seconds the browser has played
</script>
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I'm trying to retrieve the audio duration (mm:ss) of a song that is hosted on my CDN. The audio file is linked here: https://ucarecdn.com/6b1c0d8b-3145-4128-b7ff-ce5420fe154e/ (be aware that pasting this url into your browser will download the audio file direct to your computer (~4mb)).
I have already been able to extract the bpm and now I'd like to determine the length of the song as well. Searching online appears that all I should need to do is:
var song = "https://ucarecdn.com/6b1c0d8b-3145-4128-b7ff-ce5420fe154e/";
console.log(song.duration);
But that shows undefined
I also have been trying this, but receive NaN:
<audio id="myAudio" controls>
<source src="https://ucarecdn.com/6b1c0d8b-3145-4128-b7ff-ce5420fe154e/" type="audio">
</audio>
<script>
function myFunction(e) {
e.preventDefault;
var x = document.getElementById("myAudio").duration;
console.log(x);
}
</script>
The problem is duration return NAN because the audio element did not loaded so
You need 2 things here to solve your problem
+ first you need to wait till the dom elements downloaded
+ second you need to listen for the audio loadmetadata event handler then you can access the duration
$(function(){
const ad = document.getElementById('ad');
ad.onloadedmetadata = function() {
// duration in seconds
alert(ad.duration);
};
})
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<audio id="ad" src="https://ucarecdn.com/6b1c0d8b-3145-4128-b7ff-ce5420fe154e/" controls></audio>
I was wondering if someone has had a similar problem:
I have defined fallback mounts in Icecast2 so that one major stream plays at all times. If another fallback mount becomes active, the latter becomes the active.
I have tested the streams (mp3 format), with ffplay and the transition happens with no problem. The problem exists when I use an html5 audio tag to listen to the audio: transition does not happen automatically and I have to reload the browser and click play in order to listen to the stream. That is, using the browser, when the fallback stream gets enabled, the sound stops and I have to reload the browser and click play in order to listen[to the other stream]. The same problems occurs in all major browsers.
Here's an excerpt from my icecast.xml:
<mount>
<public>0</public>
<mount-name>/stream</mount-name>
<hidden>0</hidden>
</mount>
<mount>
<public>0</public>
<mount-name>/stream1</mount-name>
<fallback-mount>/stream</fallback-mount>
<fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
<username>stream1</username>
<password>pass</password>
<hidden>0</hidden>
</mount>
This is what ffplay shows while connecting and disconnecting from the secondary source:
The html5 code that plays the audio is as follows:
<audio controls>
<source src="http://127.0.0.1:3333/stream1" type="audio/mpeg">
</audio>
I got this finally working by going as follows:
First I noticed that when I switched from one mount point to another by enabling the source, the audio stopped playing. I set up a timer to fire every 1 second in order to check audio.currentTime and compare to an previous value. Then when the result is true, I reset the audio source to the same stream. It's kind of a hack but it seems to solve the trick.
html code:
<audio id="audio" controls>
<source src="http://127.0.0.1:3333/stream1" type="audio/mp3">
</audio>
javascript code:
var audio = document.getElementById('audio');
var myVar = setInterval(myTimer, 1000);
var oldTime = "";
function myTimer() {
if ((audio.paused != true && (audio.currentTime - oldTime) == 0 )) {
audio.src="";
audio.src="http://127.0.0.1:3333/stream1";
audio.play();
}
oldTime = audio.currentTime;
};
Where I can read information and see examples of loading chunks into html5 video?
Scenario:
1. User starts play a large video.
2. 10-20 seconds of the video should be downloaded.
3. If user watches first 10 seconds then next 10 seconds should be downloaded. Thus, there will be no load if the user looks only the first 9 seconds of video.
If we use this scenario it will reduce server load (in some cases).
For example:
Try to watch video on YouTube. They work like this. Try to load half video (~3 mins) and start watch it from beginning. Other part of video will not be downloaded until you reach special point (~ 50 seconds before the downloads point, in my case).
I can't find any controls of buffering in html5 video. Also I can't find any controls of buffering in popular html5 based video players like VideoJs, JPlayer.
Does somebody know how to do it?
I can't find any controls of buffering in html5 video.
The .buffered property of the HTMLMediaElement interface, and the TimeRanges object which you can get back from that, don’t give you direct control over buffering, but can give you some control over the user experience at least. For a simple case that uses them, here’s some sample code:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Progress Monitor</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getPercentProg() {
var myVideo = document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0];
var endBuf = myVideo.buffered.end(0);
var soFar = parseInt(((endBuf / myVideo.duration) * 100));
document.getElementById("loadStatus").innerHTML = soFar + '%';
}
function myAutoPlay() {
var myVideo = document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0];
myVideo.play();
}
function addMyListeners(){
var myVideo = document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0];
myVideo.addEventListener('progress', getPercentProg, false);
myVideo.addEventListener('canplaythrough', myAutoPlay, false);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="addMyListeners()">
<div>
<video controls
src="http://homepage.mac.com/qt4web/sunrisemeditations/myMovie.m4v">
</video>
<p id="loadStatus">MOVIE LOADING...</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
That code is from a detailed Controlling Media with JavaScript guide over at the Safari Developer site. There’s also another good Media buffering, seeking, and time ranges how-to over at MDN.
If you really want more direct control over buffering, you need to do some work on the server side and use the MediaSource and SourceBuffer interfaces.
Appending .webm video chunks using the Media Source API is a good demo; code snippet:
var ms = new MediaSource();
var video = document.querySelector('video');
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(ms);
ms.addEventListener('sourceopen', function(e) {
...
var sourceBuffer = ms.addSourceBuffer('video/webm; codecs="vorbis,vp8"');
sourceBuffer.appendBuffer(oneVideoWebMChunk);
....
}, false);
I've got a simple HTML5 Video Player that is using TimeJump.js (http://davatron5000.github.io/TimeJump/) to allow for direct jumping to specific time codes.
I.E. Jump to the 25th minute of the video.
I would like to add a limit on the duration of the video played. So, the user can only watch 60 seconds of video at a time. I cannot use the Media URL spec (i.e. #t=25,85) because the beginning of the video will change based on the URL string entered by the user (using TimeJump.js to jump to the point in the video)
Any ideas on how to limit the duration of video played?
thanks.
I never used TimeJump.js but you can listen to the timeupdate event of the media element (audio and video).
var video = document.querySelector('video');
video.addEventListener('timeupdate', function() {
// don't have set the startTime yet? set it to our currentTime
if (!this._startTime) this._startTime = this.currentTime;
var playedTime = this.currentTime - this._startTime;
if (playedTime >= 10) this.pause();
});
video.addEventListener('seeking', function() {
// reset the timeStart
this._startTime = undefined;
});
<video controls="true" height="200" width="300">
<source type="video/ogg" src="http://media.w3.org/2010/05/bunny/movie.ogv">
<source type="video/mp4" src="http://media.w3.org/2010/05/bunny/movie.mp4">
</video>
I am trying to figure out how to continuously play random audio sound bites, one after another without having them overlap on an HTML page using jquery. I have code that plays random sound bites on a timer, but sometimes they overlap and sometimes there is a pause in between the sounds. I had looked into ended and other EventListeners but I really have no idea what I am doing. Here is a portion my code:
<html>
<audio id="audio1">
<source src="cnn.mp3"></source>
</audio>
<audio id="audio2">
<source src="sonycrackle.mp3"></source>
</audio>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('audio').each(function(){
this.volume = 0.6;
});
var tid = setInterval(playIt, 2000);
});
function playIt() {
var n = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 2);
$("#audio"+n).trigger('play');
};
Is there a way to just continuously play these sounds bites one after another right after the previous sound plays? FWIW I have many sound bites but I am just showing two above for reference.
So I dabbled a bit, here's a full pure JavaScript solution.
Should be cross-browser, haven't tested (/lazy). Do tell me if you find bugs though
var collection=[];// final collection of sounds to play
var loadedIndex=0;// horrible way of forcing a load of audio sounds
// remap audios to a buffered collection
function init(audios) {
for(var i=0;i<audios.length;i++) {
var audio = new Audio(audios[i]);
collection.push(audio);
buffer(audio);
}
}
// did I mention it's a horrible way to buffer?
function buffer(audio) {
if(audio.readyState==4)return loaded();
setTimeout(function(){buffer(audio)},100);
}
// check if we're leady to dj this
function loaded() {
loadedIndex++;
if(collection.length==loadedIndex)playLooped();
}
// play and loop after finished
function playLooped() {
var audio=Math.floor(Math.random() * (collection.length));
audio=collection[audio];
audio.play();
setTimeout(playLooped,audio.duration*1000);
}
// the songs to be played!
init([
'http://static1.grsites.com/archive/sounds/background/background005.mp3',
'http://static1.grsites.com/archive/sounds/background/background006.mp3',
'http://static1.grsites.com/archive/sounds/background/background007.mp3'
]);
Some quick suggestions is add the attribute preload="auto" to the audio element and change the script to be $(window).onload instead of document ready. Document ready fires when html is in place but not necessarily when audio and other assets (like images) have loaded.
You could also look into using the AudioBuffer Interface in the new Web Audio API, it's described as "this interface represents a memory-resident audio asset (for one-shot sounds and other short audio clips)." which sounds like what you need. I believe part of the issues you're having (random pauses/delays/sound glitches with the audio element) are one of the reasons why it's being developed.
Read more here:
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#AudioBuffer
Unfortunately it's only Chrome and lastest Safari supported with Firefox support supposedly in the next 6(ish) months and no word yet on IE support.