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end attribute

The end attribute specifies the timing value at which an element stops streaming data and ends. By default, the end attribute value is the natural end of the element.

Typically, the end attribute is used to stop a media element before its natural end. Any timing value can be used to define an end attribute value, but you will probably find that an offset value is the most useful. For example, an end attribute value of 30s stops the element 30 seconds after it has begun. Time container elements can also have end attribute values. These end attribute values determine the point at which a time container will stop streaming its child elements.

You can use the end attribute with a list of semicolon-delimited event values to identify multiple times when the element should end; for example end="event1;event2;event3". This indicates that if any of the events listed occurs, the element must stop playing. Time values greater than the length of the element and negative time values are ignored. For complete information about supported end values, see Timing values. For information about valid time formats, see Time formats.

In the following example, an excl element contains two child media elements. The media element named Intro plays as soon as the excl element begins. Ten seconds later, Intro ends, because it has an end attribute value of 10s. The media element named Music is configured to begin as soon as Intro ends and to play for 25 seconds. But because the parent excl element is configured to stop playing after its child elements have played for a total of 30 seconds, the child element Music will only be able to play for 20 seconds.

<?wsx version="1.0"?>
<smil>
   <excl begin="0s" end="30s">
	<media id="Intro" src="Audio1.wma" begin="0s" end="10s"/>
	<media id="Music" src="MusicTrack.wma" begin="Intro.end" end="25s"/>
   </excl>
</smil>

The end attribute can be specified for the following playlist elements:

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