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The Audio duration property is used for returning the length of audio. The Audio duration property returns the value in seconds. Different browsers return different precision values such as safari returning up to 14 decimal places followed by Opera returning up to 9 decimal places. The Audio duration property is a read-only property. The Audio duration function returns “NaN” if no video is set whereas if the audio is streamed and has no predefined length, it returns “Inf” (Infinity). 

Syntax:

audioObject.duration

Below program illustrates the Audio duration Property: 

Example: Getting the length of audio. 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        Audio duration Property
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align:center">
    <h1 style="color:green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact">
        Audio duration Property
    </h2>
    <br>
    <audio id="Test_Audio" controls>
        <source src="sample1.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
        <source src="sample1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
    </audio>
    <p>
          To get the exact length of the audio,
        double click the "Return Audio Length" button.
    </p>
    <br>
    <button ondblclick="My_Audio()">
        Return Audio Length
    </button>
    <p id="test"></p>
 
    <script>
        let a = document.getElementById("Test_Audio");
        function My_Audio() {
            let a = document.getElementById(
                "Test_Audio").duration;
            document.getElementById("test").innerHTML = a;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>


Output:

 

Supported Browsers: The browser is supported by HTML | DOM Audio duration Property are listed below:

  • Google Chrome 1 and above
  • Edge 12 and above
  • Internet Explorer 9 and above
  • Firefox 3.5 and above
  • Opera 12.1 and above
  • Apple Safari 3.1 and above


Last Updated : 22 Jun, 2023
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