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I am writing a Browser Plugin and need to find a way to get the current time a YouTube Video playing on YouTube using JavaScript. I have been playing around in the Chrome JavaScript Console and haven't had any luck.
It appears that the chrome API only works with embedded video players not a video that is playing on on youtube.com. One option I looked into is in the share section of a video their is an input box for the "start at:" time that contains the current time of the video. I have tried using .value and .text on this input box and they both return undefined? Does anyone have any ideas?
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You can also create a timestamp link with the YouTube android app, First, open the video and drag the playtime cursor to the desired duration to create the timestamp. ' Next, open the “share” button to open the pop-up box.
ytplayer = document.getElementById("movie_player"); ytplayer.getCurrentTime(); See the api
Update: if it didn't work, also try player.playerInfo.currentTime (codepen live example)
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