How to remove a event handler from JWPlayer instance?

events, javascript, jwplayer

Solution

Looking at the code, it doesn't seem possible to remove an event listener: a callback is pushed onto an array when you call `onTime` (or any of the other methods to setup event handlers), so calling it a second time doesn't overwrite a previous listener but just adds a new listener to the array.

Perhaps an alternative could be to set a flag once your listener doesn't have to perform its task anymore:

onTimeHandler : function() {
  if (! this.handleOnTimeEvents)
    return;
  ...
}

Problem

I'm the using JWPlayer. After setup the player I need to add listeners to some events, to give an example I listen to `events.JWPLAYER_MEDIA_TIME` like so: ``` jwplayer('video-container').onTime(this.onTimeHandler); ``` After a while I need to remove this event listener, reading the documentation I couldn't find any solution.

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