HTMLMediaElement.playbackRate

The HTMLMediaElement.playbackRate property sets the rate at which the media is being played back. This is used to implement user controls for fast forward, slow motion, and so forth. The normal playback rate is multiplied by this value to obtain the current rate, so a value of 1.0 indicates normal speed.

If playbackRate is negative, the media is played backwards.

The audio is muted when the media plays backwards or if the fast forward or slow motion is outside a useful range (for example, Gecko mutes the sound outside the range 0.25 to 5.0).

The pitch of the audio is corrected by default and is the same for every speed. Some browsers implement the non-standard preservespitch property to control this.

Syntax

var dSpeed = video.playbackRate;
audio.playbackRate = 1.0;

Value

A double. 1.0 is "normal speed," values lower than 1.0 make the media play slower than normal, higher values make it play faster.

Example

var obj = document.createElement('video');
console.log(obj.playbackRate); // 1

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLMediaElement.playbackRate' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLMediaElement.playbackRate' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The interface defining it, HTMLMediaElement.