How to get total played time?

[debjits1]

I want to get the 'Total Played Time' for a live playback. How do I get the value from hls js?

[robwalch]

HLS.js does not provide total played time via its API. Since HLS.js uses an HTMLMediaElement for playback, applications must track playback time using the API of the media element attached to the player.

HTMLMediaElement.played TimeRanges is one option, which gives you the ranges of the timeline that were played, but does not include total time for any ranges that were played more than once. Standard player or video analytics practice is to observe changes in currentTime while media is in a playing state (not paused and not seeking), and ignore any large jumps from seeking or app backgrounding.