Question

<div id="sound" >
  <OBJECT  classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" WIDTH="0" HEIGHT="0" id="Yourfilename" ALIGN="">
    <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="sample.swf"> 
    <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high>
    <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#333399> 
    <EMBED src="sample.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#333399 WIDTH="0" HEIGHT="0" NAME="Yourfilename" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">

    </EMBED> 

  </OBJECT> 
</div>

I want to get the duration time of this sound, and convert it to seconds, then play this sound from a specific time.

For example, playing this sound from 40 seconds.

How can I do it?

Answer 1

As you have been told previously, don’t use deprecated tags, and try to use the fresh <audio> tag from HTML5 for doing that.

You’ll have to call audio.duration. Check this already answered question from this same site. Try something like this:

$(audio).bind('timeupdate', function() {
...
parseInt(audio.duration - audio.currentTime, 10),
...
position = (audio.currentTime / audio.duration) * 100,

Good luck.

Edited: If you want to start after, i.e., 20 seconds, you shall call to audioElement.currentTime=20; and then calling to audioElement.play(); at your js $(document).ready(function()). Ask if you need anything else.