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Hello- Right now, I have javascript that gives me a timestamp for when a video (from my library) is started. I also have a timestamp for when my respondant reacts to the video, the person clicks a button below the video and that timestamp is recorded.

I need to know if they pause the video and restart it. I also need those events timestamped.

Any help with the javascript would be much appreciated. I am very new to javascript, and the community has been of great help!
It would be great to record the timestamp of each pause and restart.
Here's what we used:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function()

{

/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page is unloaded*/

});


Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function()
{
pauseTimestamp = null;
playTimestamp = null;

pauses = [];
plays = [];
playCount = 0;
pauseCount = 0;

jQuery("video").on('play', function() {
playCount++;
playTimestamp = Date.now();
if (pauseTimestamp) {
pauses.push(playTimestamp - pauseTimestamp);
}
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('playCount', playCount);
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('pauses', pauses.join(";"));
});

jQuery("video").on('pause', function() {
pauseCount++;
pauseTimestamp = Date.now();
plays.push(pauseTimestamp - playTimestamp);
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('pauseCount', pauseCount);
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('plays', plays.join(";"));
});

var s='';

jQuery("video").on('play', function() {

if(s==''){

s= Date.now();

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData( 'Vid1Start', s);

}

});

var z='';

jQuery("video").on('pause', function() {

if(z==''){

z= Date.now();

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData( 'Vid1Pause', z);

}

});


});

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnUnload(function()

{
if (playCount > pauseCount) {
plays.push(Date.now() - playTimestamp);
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('plays', plays.join(";"));
} else if (pauseCount) {
pauses.push(Date.now() - pauseTimestamp);
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('pauses', pauses.join(";"));
}
});

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