YouTipProp Video Duration
# HTML DOM Video duration property
[ Video Object](#)
## Example
Get the length of the current video:
```javascript
var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").duration;
The output of _x_ is:
12.612
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## Definition and Usage
The duration property returns the length of the current video, in seconds.
**Note:** Different browsers return different values. In the example above, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome return "12.612". Safari returns "12.612000465393066", Opera 12 returns "12.585215419", but Opera 18 returns "12.62069".
**Note:** This property is read-only.
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## Browser Support
The duration property is supported by all major browsers.
**Note:** Internet Explorer 8 or earlier versions do not support this property.
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## Syntax
_videoObject_.duration
## Technical Details
| Return Value: | A number representing the length of the video, in seconds. If the audio/video is not set, it returns NaN (Not-a-Number). If the video stream has no predefined length, it returns "Inf" (Infinity). |
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