Specify playback start time (iOS v3)

Define the location where playback of a media asset should begin.

In some use cases, you may not want playback to start at the beginning of a media asset. While not features supplied by the iOS SDK, here are two possible use cases:

Continuing to consume a media asset that was previously started, but not completed
Sharing a link to a specific moment in a media asset

The startTime property enables you to define the number of seconds from the start of a media asset when playback should begin.

Add startTime to a PlaylistItem

Use the following steps to include this functionality in your app:

Identify the number of seconds from the start of a media asset when playback should begin.
Set the startTime for the PlaylistItem. The following code examples show how to set the startTime with the value captured in the previous step.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
    NSString *url = CONTENT_URL;
    
    JWPlaylistItem *item = [[JWPlaylistItem alloc] init];    
    item.file = url;
    item.startTime = 20;    // Time (seconds) where to begin the video.

    JWConfig *config = [[JWConfig alloc] initWithContentUrl:url];
    config.playlist = @[item];

    self.player = [[JWPlayerController alloc] initWithConfig:config];
}

var url: CONTENT_URL

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    let item = JWPlaylistItem()
    item.file = url
    item.startTime = 20  // Time (seconds) where to begin the video.

    let config = JWConfig(contentURL: url)
    Config.playlist = [item]

    player = JWPlayerController(config: config)
}

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