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I'm testing out Selenium's html5 video automation methods, I can't find one to jump a certain amount of time for current location in the video. 

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_I4zqC7GN8")
driver.execute_script('document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].currentTime=30

allows me to jump to the 30-second time mark.

However, I want to jump 30-seconds from my current time position.

Most tutorials are in java, with some getting really deep into java code -- I'm unfamiliar with Java.

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You just need to add 30 to the current currentTime value:

document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].currentTime += 30;
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  • Wow. That was simple. I noticed that this style attribute below is correlated with how much I move the time cursor. `
    ` (youtube specific). The numbers changes as I hover the mouse over the time bar. Would I be able to directly connect to this element and influence time this way, instead of relying on `executescript` method? I tried, but I kept getting `NosuchElement` exceptions.
     – Moondra Aug 08 '17 at 00:12
  • @Moondra I don't think changing `style` would work and you should do it with "execute script" - even though I have not done this before. Thanks, glad it worked. – alecxe Aug 08 '17 at 02:33