Shoutbox

I have a question related to JavaScript in general.

I see in the tutorial that users can get the playing time of the video that is playing using getTime().

<a href="javascript: getTime()">Get time</a> <input type="text" id="time" />

Basically, it calls the FlowPlayer's getTime() routine everytime a user clicks the link, then output it to the field.
My question is, how to keep executing getTime() while the video is running?

I have tried while(true) getTime();, but it didn't work.

code:

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function getTime() {
    var time = flowPlayer1.getTime();
    var timeField = document.getElementById("time");
    timeField.value = time;
}

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Thank you.

Have you defined flowplayer1?
My mistake didn't read the question properly.

I have.
However, I did that in a separate .js file.
But I don't think I need to re-initialize it again.

If I haven't, <a href="javascript: getTime()">Get time</a> <input type="text" id="time" /> would not work

Or, maybe, I don't fully understand the scope

You just want it to keep executing getTime();?

code:

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x = 1;
while(x == 1) {
getTime();
}

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You can also add when the video is finished not to execute.

code:

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x = 1;
while(x == 1) {
     if(flowplayer1.stopped == true) { *
          x = 0;
     } else {
          getTime();
     }
}

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* Not the correct code but you get the idea.

Bah, you really need to read my post carefully

quote:

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Originally posted by hmaster
You just want it to keep executing getTime();?

code:

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x = 1;
while(x == 1) {
getTime();
}

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I have said I did

code:

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while(true) getTime();

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and it didn't work.

quote:

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You can also add when the video is finished not to execute.

code:

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x = 1;
while(x == 1) {
     if(flowplayer1.stopped == true) { *
          x = 0;
     } else {
          getTime();
     }
}

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Apparently, there's routine for checking if the video is stopped.
But getTime() will simply return 0 (seconds) if the video is stopped.

You don't need to update it constantly... that would cause massive lag...

Just call the getTime() function once onload, then set a timer within the function...

setTimeout('getTime()', 1000);

OK,

Using your idea, it prints "0" in the beginning of the video now (which is good, because it didn't before ), but it does not update

I don't think I have told the idea of this whole thing.
I want to get access to the time counter from FlowPlayer to JavaScript.
The only way I can think of is by constantly monitoring the time.
For example, at 1m 35s, I want to insert something to the page using JavaScript, etc.

use setInterval, not setTimeout. (same parameters)

Thanks, ShawnZ.
It works