How to get video duration from mp4, wmv, flv, mov videos

Question

Alright. Actually i need mostly the mp4 format. But if it is possible to get for other types as well that would be nice. I just need to read the duration of the file. How ca

Answer 1

I think you are looking for FFMPEG - https://ffmpeg.org/

there are also some free alternatives that you can read about them in this question - Using FFmpeg in .net?

   FFMpeg.NET
   FFMpeg-Sharp
   FFLib.NET

you can see this link for examples of using FFMPEG and finding the duration - http://jasonjano.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/a-simple-c-wrapper-for-ffmpeg/

        public VideoFile GetVideoInfo(string inputPath)
        {
            VideoFile vf = null;
            try
            {
                vf = new VideoFile(inputPath);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw ex;
            }
            GetVideoInfo(vf);
            return vf;
        }
        public void GetVideoInfo(VideoFile input)
        {
            //set up the parameters for video info
            string Params = string.Format("-i {0}", input.Path);
            string output = RunProcess(Params);
            input.RawInfo = output;

            //get duration
            Regex re = new Regex("[D|d]uration:.((\\d|:|\\.)*)");
            Match m = re.Match(input.RawInfo);

            if (m.Success)
            {
                string duration = m.Groups[1].Value;
                string[] timepieces = duration.Split(new char[] { ':', '.' });
                if (timepieces.Length == 4)
                {
                    input.Duration = new TimeSpan(0, Convert.ToInt16(timepieces[0]), Convert.ToInt16(timepieces[1]), Convert.ToInt16(timepieces[2]), Convert.ToInt16(timepieces[3]));
                }
            }
       }