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I'm often asked if there's a way to jump to a specific time in a video. While the functionality doesn't exist in the player itself (because of the possibility of having multiple players on the same page) it's pretty easy to do for one player on a page using our Player API. Here's an example of how it can be done.
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| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <!-- Vidyard inline embed code --> | |
| <script type="text/javascript" id="vidyard_embed_code_hedIuHeKRKySm1qx9xXV7w" src="//play.vidyard.com/hedIuHeKRKySm1qx9xXV7w.js?v=3.1&type=inline"></script> | |
| <script src="//play.vidyard.com/v0/api.js"></script> | |
| <script type="text/javascript"> | |
| // Parsing the query string | |
| function get_parameter_by_name(name) { | |
| name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\\]"); | |
| var regexS = "[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"; | |
| var regex = new RegExp(regexS); | |
| var results = regex.exec(window.location.search); | |
| if (results == null) { | |
| return ""; | |
| } else { | |
| return results[1]; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // Get the number of seconds from the query string using "vytime" as the parameter | |
| var playerTime = parseInt(get_parameter_by_name('vytime')); | |
| // If the vytime parameter is present, start the video automatically and jump to the time. | |
| function timeCheck() { | |
| if (playerTime > 0) { | |
| // Use the player API to start the player and jump to a specific time. | |
| var videos = new Vidyard.players(); | |
| videos["hedIuHeKRKySm1qx9xXV7w"].on("ready",function (){ | |
| videos["hedIuHeKRKySm1qx9xXV7w"].play(); | |
| }); | |
| videos["hedIuHeKRKySm1qx9xXV7w"].on("play",function () { | |
| videos["hedIuHeKRKySm1qx9xXV7w"].seek(playerTime); | |
| playerTime = null; | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| window.onload = timeCheck; | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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