Business
Jobs
  • About Us
  • Solutions
    • Job Postings
      Post your job and receive qualified candidates in 48h.
    • Candidate Assessments
      500+ technical and psychological tests, plus anti-fraud.
    • Headhunting
      Tailor-made executive search from start to finish.
    • Payroll + EOR
      Payroll dispersal and EOR across 15+ LATAM countries.
  • Pricing
  • Jobs

0

163
Views
Automatically Pause Embedded iFrame Vimeo Video at Specific Time?

I'm using a Vimeo video-embed (iFrame embed code from their website) on my website, and I need the video to automatically stop at a specific timestamp (I'll use 6 seconds here) whenever users of my site play the video. The content after the timestamp is unnecessary.

But unlike YouTube, Vimeo doesn't seem to have an easy way to set end times for any video you embed from them. Unfortunately, I do not own the video so I can't edit the footage directly, so I believe a JavaScript solution is the best option.

Here's the aforementioned iFrame embed HTML from Vimeo that I use on my site:

<iframe id="vidz" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/401649410?h=11d74aa27c&amp;portrait=0" width="450" height="253" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

Upon trying to select elements within the iFrame (like the video itself), my JS selectors don't seem to be working at all, perhaps because the video is from a separate source not hosted on my site?

Here's code I've been working with, but it doesn't appear to be interacting with the iFrame, as I believe I would need to add this eventListener to a video, directly. But I can't select the embeded video via JS either, it seems. So I'm not quite sure how to handle this:

var vid = document.querySelector("#vidz");
vid.addEventListener("timeupdate", function(){
if(t >= 6000) 
  {
vid.pause();
  }
});

I can also provide the HTML to any elements within the iFrame, but again, I'm not sure how I'd be able to interact with those elements.

Any ideas? Any and all help would be deeply appreciated. Cheers.

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
1 answers
Answer question

0

use Vimeo js file and below is a script you want video will pause after 6 minutes (specific time) (360 means 6 minutes)

    <script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>

    var iframe = document.querySelector('iframe');
    var player = new Vimeo.Player(iframe);
    function foo() {
        
        player.getCurrentTime().then(function(time) {
            console.log('time:', time);
            if(time >= 360){  
                player.pause()
            }
        });
        setTimeout(foo, 1000);
    }
    player.on('play', function() {
        foo();
    });
</script>
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
Answer question
Find remote jobs

Discover the new way to find a job!

Top jobs
Top job categories
Business
Post vacancy Pricing Sales
Legal
Terms and conditions Privacy policy
© 2026 PeakU Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Andres GPT
Show me some job opportunities
There's an error!