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:seek()

Jumps to a specified time forward (in seconds) for playback. Calling :seek() multiple times on a video is additive.

Note: Currently L5 can only play ogv (Ogg Theora) video files. Use an external program such as Handbrake or ffmpeg (command line) to convert mp4, avi, mkv, and mov codecs first.

Examples

function setup()
  windowTitle("loadVideo example")

  video = loadVideo("assets/heads.ogv")
  video:seek(2)
  video:play()

  describe("A basic example of loading a video, then jumping to 2 seconds in and beginning playback.")
end

function draw()
  background(51) 

  image(video, 0, 0, width, height)
end

Syntax

videofile:seek(time)

Parameters

Parameter
time Number: number of seconds forward to move the playhead.