Re: Length of a video file (.avi, .mpg) from the command line

[Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de>]

Hi,

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:43:42 +0200 (CEST)
Jean-Baptiste Thomas <cau2jeaf1honoq@laposte.net> wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a command line program that could tell me
> the length of the video stream in a .avi or .mpg file ? Thanks
> in advance.
> 

as Jonas already suggested, I would use mediainfo, with for example

$ mediainfo --Inform="Video;%Duration/String3%" <videofile>

which will output something like:

01:58:39.029

See 

$ mediainfo --Info-Parameters

for a list of possible output parameters and formats.

Regards

Michael

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