TimeRanges.start

Returns the time offset at which a specified time range begins.

Syntax

startTime = TimeRanges.start(index) 

Parameters

• index is the range number to return the starting time for.

Exceptions

INDEX_SIZE_ERR

A DOMException thrown if the specified index doesn't correspond to an existing range.

Example

Given a video element with the ID "myVideo":

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

var buf = v.buffered;

var numRanges = buf.length;

if (buf.length == 1) {
  // only one range
  if (buf.start(0) == 0 && buf.end(0) == v.duration) {
    // The one range starts at the beginning and ends at
    // the end of the video, so the whole thing is loaded
  }
}

This example looks at the time ranges and looks to see if the entire video has been loaded.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'TimeRanges.start()' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition