The Video object represents an HTML <video> element.
We can access a <video> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myVideo");
Click the button to get the duration of the video, in seconds.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <video id="myVideo" width="100" height="100" controls> <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="video.ogg" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video>/*from ww w . jav a 2s. co m*/ <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").duration; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>