YouTube Player API: How to get duration of a loaded/cued video without playing it?

Question

I\'m not able to get the correct video duration/length (in seconds) of a loaded/cued video via the getDuration() method of the YouTube Player API; the same method, however,

Answer 1

Solution 1

You can use YouTube Data API to access most of the information about the video, including duration:

Demo here

When using jQuery you can use $.getJSON() to make things easier.

Solution 2

Seems like YouTube JavaScript API v3 allows you to get the correct duration inside the onYouTubePlayerReady() event. All you need to do is pass &version=3 when calling swfobject.embedSWF() method.

Demo here