Setting the currentTime of an <audio> tag not working?

I have this audio tag playing in the background, and I'm able to store the progress in seconds to a cookie. But in no way I'm able to start the audio from that cookie. (for continuing on other pages)

$("p#sound audio").currentTime = $.cookie("audioTime");

<audio autoplay="autoplay" loop="loop" ontimeupdate="document.getElementById('tracktime').innerHTML = Math.floor(this.currentTime); $.cookie('audioTime', Math.floor(this.currentTime));">
    <source src="audio/song.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
    <source src="audio/song.mp3" type="audio/mp3" />
    Your browser does not support the audio tag.
</audio>
<span id="tracktime">0</span>

Does this have to do with the song being loaded again from start?

Thanks!

EDIT:

$("p#sound audio").get[0].currentTime

With .get[0], it doesn't work either.

Can someone please clear things up for me? Greatly appreciated!

javascript html html5-audio

Edit Report

what I found in my case is that there is an issue with context somewhere. I initialize audio under the window context but when I try to change currentTime from XMLHttpRequest response it does NOT work. I don't know the answer yet but I'm providing a clue maybe an expert in Javascript will know how to make it work.

/* initialize this.audio player */
Audio = function() {
    var that = this;
    // keep track of playback status
    var AudioStatus = {
            isPlaying : false
    };

    // define references to this.audio, pulldown menu, play-button, slider and time display
    that.audio = document.querySelector("AUDIO");

    /* load track by menu-index */
    var loadTrack = function() {

        if(that.audio == null){
            log("audio null"); return;
        }
        that.audio.src = '../sounds/400.mp3';
        that.audio.load();
    };

    /* callback to play or pause */
    that._play = function() {
        if(that.audio == null){
            log("audio null"); return;
        }  
        that.audio.play();
        AudioStatus.isPlaying = true;
    };

    that._pause = function() {

        if(that.audio == null){
            log("audio null"); return;
        }
        that.audio.pause();
        AudioStatus.isPlaying = false;
    };

    that.playPause = function() {
        if (that.audio.paused) {
            self._play();
        }
        else {
            self._pause();
        }
    };

    /* callback to set or update playback position */
    that.updateProgress = function(value) {
        if(that.audio == null){
            log("audio null"); return;
        }
        that.audio.currentTime = value;    // <<<--- it does NOT work if I call from XMLHttpRequest response but it DOES if it is called from a timer expired call back
    };

    that.isAudioPlaying = function(){
        return AudioStatus.isPlaying;
    };
};

answered 2013-07-18T00:50:42.730

Setting the currentTime of an <audio> tag not working?

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