hi folks, i need to get the video duration in python (django), the video formats that i need to get are mp4, flv, avi, mov... I have a shared hosting so i have no ffmpeg support.
Thanks!
sorry for my english.
+3
A:
You'll probably need to invoke an external program, ffprobe can provide you with that information
import subprocess
def getLength(filename):
result = subprocess.Popen(["ffprobe", filename],
stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT)
return [x for x in result.stdout.readlines() if "Duration" in x]
TokenMacGuy
2010-10-02 05:06:29
+1 I've had to do this before, and unless you want to write ad-hoc parsers for all those container formats yourself, you're much better off using an external program.
Doug
2010-10-02 05:22:34
ffmpeg is pretty much `<insert deity name here>`
TokenMacGuy
2010-10-02 05:36:41