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Time formats

The begin, clipBegin, clipEnd, dur, end, and repeatDur element attributes support timing and synchronization. You can use the following three formats to denote time in playlist element attributes.

Format Description
Full clock Uses the following syntax:

hours:minutes:seconds.decimal

For example, the following value represents 50 hours, 10 seconds, and 250 milliseconds:

50:00:10.25

Partial clock Uses the same syntax as the full-clock format, except that hours are not included:

minutes:seconds.decimal

For example, the following value represents 10.5 seconds:

00:10.5

Timecount Uses the following syntax:

integer(.decimal)(suffix)

The decimal and suffix values are optional. For example, the following value represents 1 hour and 30 minutes:

1.5h

Valid values for suffix are h (hours), min (minutes), s (seconds), and ms (milliseconds). The default value is s.


Examples

The following values represent 3 hours and fifteen minutes:

The following values represent 45 minutes:

The following values represent 30 seconds:

The following values represent 5 milliseconds:

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