videoElementcurrentTime

The currentTime property of the HTMLMediaElement interface, often referred to as videoElement.currentTime, represents the current playback position of the media element in seconds. This property is both readable and writable, allowing developers to get the current time of the video or audio and to set a specific playback point.

When reading currentTime, it returns a floating-point number indicating the number of seconds that have elapsed since the media began playing. For example, a value of 10.5 would mean that 10.5 seconds of the media have been played.

When writing to currentTime, a developer can seek to a specific position within the media. For instance, setting videoElement.currentTime = 30 would cause the media to jump to the 30-second mark and resume playback from there, if playback is active.

The value of currentTime changes dynamically as the media plays. It starts at 0 and increases until it reaches the media's duration. If the media is not loaded or is in an error state, its value may be undefined or return an error. The currentTime property is crucial for implementing features like seeking, creating custom playback controls, and synchronizing media playback with other elements on a web page. It is a fundamental part of controlling HTML5 media playback programmatically.