HTMLMediaElement: timeupdate event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The timeupdate event is fired when the time indicated by the currentTime attribute has been updated.

The event frequency is dependent on the system load, but will be thrown between about 4Hz and 66Hz (assuming the event handlers don't take longer than 250ms to run). User agents are encouraged to vary the frequency of the event based on the system load and the average cost of processing the event each time, so that the UI updates are not any more frequent than the user agent can comfortably handle while decoding the video.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("timeupdate", (event) => { })

ontimeupdate = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's timeupdate event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing. Remember, the event frequency is dependent on the system load.

Using addEventListener():

js
const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.addEventListener("timeupdate", (event) => {
  console.log("The currentTime attribute has been updated. Again.");
});

Using the ontimeupdate event handler property:

js
const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.ontimeupdate = (event) => {
  console.log("The currentTime attribute has been updated. Again.");
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# event-media-timeupdate
HTML
# handler-ontimeupdate

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
timeupdate event
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 3 (Release date: 2009-09-15)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 3.5 (Release date: 2009-06-30)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 10.5 (Release date: 2010-03-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3.1 (Release date: 2008-03-18)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 11 (Release date: 2011-03-22)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 3 (Release date: 2009-06-17)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 3 (Release date: 2009-06-17)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also