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+2  Q: 

How to I retrieve the length in seconds of a <video> element using Javascript?

I have a <video> tag with the id of "liveVideo". How do I retrieve the length of the video in seconds?

Thanks,

David!

+3  A: 

media.duration check the spec http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/video.html#offsets-into-the-media-resource

qw3n  2010-07-27 02:59:08
+1 that was what on my mind.. ;)
Reigel  2010-07-27 03:01:55
thanks, great reference, I will use it often
 2010-07-27 03:11:26
+2  A:  
$('#liveVideo').attr('duration') // will return the full length of the movie
Reigel  2010-07-27 03:04:00
thank you, perfect
 2010-07-27 03:11:07

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