Trouble with audio tag, jQuery, and currentTime

Question

<audio src="file.ogg" type="audio/ogg" controls="controls"></audio>​

Why is it that this jQuery/JavaScript works:

var audio = $('audio').get(0);
audio.play();

But this doesn't?:

var audio = $('audio').get(0);
audio.currentTime = 20;
audio.play();

​jsFiddle

Answer 1

Try

var audio = $('audio');
audio.bind('canplay', function() {
        this.currentTime = 20;
});
audio.get(0).play();