Video should automatically replay

Hi Naimish

  It is giving same error. Below are the values 

In currenTime it is showing    00:00:00

In totalDuration it is showing 00:00:07

Thanks

The error message “String was not recognized as a valid TimeSpan” is thrown when the TimeSpan.Parse method is unable to convert the string to a TimeSpan object. This usually happens when the string format does not match the expected format for a TimeSpan.

In your code, you are using TimeSpan.Parse("00:" + currentTimeElement.Text) and TimeSpan.Parse("00:" + durationElement.Text). The error might be occurring because the text you are getting from currentTimeElement.Text or durationElement.Text is not in the correct format.

YouTube videos can be longer than an hour, and in such cases, the duration format is HH:mm:ss. But if the video is less than an hour long, the format is mm:ss. So, when you are trying to parse mm:ss format with TimeSpan.Parse("00:" + currentTimeElement.Text), it will throw an error because TimeSpan.Parse expects the format to be HH:mm:ss.

Here’s how you can fix this:

string FormatDuration(string duration)
{
    var parts = duration.Split(':');
    if (parts.Length == 2) // mm:ss format
    {
        duration = "00:" + duration; // convert to HH:mm:ss format
    }
    return duration;
}

// ...

// Get the total duration of the video
var durationElement = _driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("ytp-time-duration"));
var totalDuration = TimeSpan.Parse(FormatDuration(durationElement.Text));

while (true)
{
    // Get the current time of the video
    var currentTimeElement = _driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("ytp-time-current"));
    var currentTime = TimeSpan.Parse(FormatDuration(currentTimeElement.Text));

    // ...
}

 

This FormatDuration function checks if the duration is in mm:ss format and if so, it converts it to HH:mm:ss format.

Thanks

Hi Naimish

   It run once then it gives error - String was not recognizes as a valid timespan

Thanks

You can achieve this by continuously checking the current video time and comparing it with the total video duration. Once the current time reaches the end of the video, you can refresh the page to restart the video. Here’s how you can modify your code:

await Task.Run(async () =>
{
    _driver.Navigate().GoToUrl($"{BASE_URL}?v={"uhaJ08EUb9A"}");

    var timeElement = _driver.FindElement(By.XPath(XPATH_TIME));
    timeValue = timeElement.GetAttribute("innerText");

    var videoControls = new WebDriverWait(_driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10))
        .Until(driver => driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("ytp-chrome-controls")));

    var action = new Actions(_driver);
    action.MoveToElement(videoControls).Perform();

    // Get the total duration of the video
    var durationElement = _driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("ytp-time-duration"));
    var totalDuration = TimeSpan.Parse("00:" + durationElement.Text);

    while (true)
    {
        // Get the current time of the video
        var currentTimeElement = _driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("ytp-time-current"));
        var currentTime = TimeSpan.Parse("00:" + currentTimeElement.Text);

        // If the current time is equal to or greater than the total duration, refresh the page
        if (currentTime >= totalDuration)
        {
            _driver.Navigate().Refresh();
        }

        // Wait for a second before checking the time again
        await Task.Delay(1000);
    }
});

 

This code continuously checks the current time of the video and compares it with the total duration. If the current time is equal to or greater than the total duration, it refreshes the page, effectively restarting the video. Please note that this will create an infinite loop, so you might want to add a condition to break out of the loop when needed. Also, replace "ytp-time-duration" and "ytp-time-current" with the actual class names in your webpage if they’re different. Please ensure that your WebDriver has the necessary permissions to execute this script.

Thanks