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johan englund
johan englund

Reputation: 3

Resume video playback after pause in JavaScript/HTML5?

I'm trying to pause a video and then resume the playback. But I presume I somehow need to clear the pause function? I've tried iterations of myVideo.play() and I can get it to play but only for short bursts. Any help would be much welcome. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title> Html5 Video Test </title> 
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>

<body> <
<div style="text-align:center">

  <button onclick="playPause()">Play/Pause</button>

  <video id="video1" width="420" autoplay>

    <source src="test.mov" type="video/mov">
  <source src="test.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
  </video>
</div>

<script>


var myVideo = document.getElementById("video1");

myVideo.addEventListener("timeupdate", function(){
    if(this.currentTime >= 1 * 2) {
        this.pause();
    }
});

</script>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2848

Answers (1)

user94559
user94559

Reputation: 60143

If I understand correctly, you want your event listener to only fire once (so when you next play the video, it doesn't just immediately get paused again). If so, give this a shot:

var myVideo = document.getElementById("video1");

// Give this function a name so we can refer to it later.
function pauseOnce() {
   if (this.currentTime >= 1 * 2) {
       this.pause();

       // Our work is done. Remove the event listener. (We need a reference to
       // the function here.)
       this.removeEventListener("timeupdate", pauseOnce);
   }
}

myVideo.addEventListener("timeupdate", pauseOnce);

Upvotes: 1

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