canSeek Property | Internet Development Index |
Retrieves a value that indicates whether the media file is capable of locating a specific time in the media's duration.
Syntax
HTML N/A Scripting [ bSeek = ] object.canSeek
Possible Values
bSeek Boolean that receives one of the following values.
false Default. Media file cannot locate a specific time in its duration. true Media can file locate a specific time in its duration. The property is read-only. The property has a default value of false.
Remarks
Some streaming formats do not support seeking. Ideally, the canSeek property should indicate if a media type supports seeking. Some formats, particularly streaming media, do not report the correct information regarding their ability to seek.
Media must be seekable (canSeek = true), for the clipBegin or clipEnd methods to work on that media.
Standards Information
This property is a Microsoft extension to Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)
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Applies To
t:ANIMATION, t:AUDIO, t:IMG, t:MEDIA, t:REF, t:VIDEO
See Also
Introduction to HTML+TIME, canPause, clipBegin