get-video-duration

Get the duration of video files/streams with ffprobe.

Install

$ npm install --save get-video-duration

Usage

const { getVideoDurationInSeconds } = require('get-video-duration')

// From a local path...
getVideoDurationInSeconds('video.mov').then((duration) => {
  console.log(duration)
})

// From a URL...
getVideoDurationInSeconds(
  'http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4'
).then((duration) => {
  console.log(duration)
})

// From a readable stream...

const fs = require('fs')
const stream = fs.createReadStream('video.mov')

getVideoDurationInSeconds(stream).then((duration) => {
  console.log(duration)
})

// If you need to customize the path to ffprobe...
getVideoDurationInSeconds('video.mov', '/path/to/ffprobe').then((duration) => {
  console.log(duration)
})

License

MIT. Based on get-video-dimensions.