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I'm trying to automate starting a "Count Down" video before meetings. One of the hard parts is figuring out the time to start the video so that it ends at a specified time. To have my script automatically figure this out, I need to find the duration of a video file.

(I use the term "duration" to differentiate from "length" = 'space consumed for storage')

I this code which works on MOST video, but NOT MP4, nor MOV.

$FileName = '"C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Videos\Loops\LP- terracing waterfall 1.mpg"'

mciSendString("Open " & $FileName & " alias MediaFile")

mciSendString("Set MediaFile time format milliseconds")

$answer = mciSendString("Status MediaFile length")

mciSendString("Close MediaFile")

$Mins = int($Answer/60000)

$Seconds = int($Answer/1000)

$Secs = int($Seconds-($Mins*60))

MsgBox(4096,"file Duration","Duration - " &$Mins &"mn  " &$Secs&"s")


Func mciSendString($string)
   Local $ret
   $ret = DllCall("winmm.dll","int","mciSendString","str",$string,"str","","int",65534,"hwnd",0)
   If Not @error Then Return $ret[2]
EndFunc

(Many thanks to "Lakes " and "Larry" for posting this!)

I haven't had much luck searching for similar postings, but figure one of the "media player" coders may have already solved this.

(About 1/4 of my videos are MP4, and a few are MOV)

Above code tested accurate with:

MPG (1 & 2)

AVI (MP4 video & MPC audio embedded in AVI DivX5 Format)

MP3

(The MP4 files tested were YouTube Downloads, and MOV is a quicktime format)

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With an assist from ffmpeg...

Im sure there is a nicer way than piping/parsing, but it works for all the filetypes i tried.

$file = inputbox ("Which File" , "Select file")

$time = runwait(@comspec & " /c " & "c:\ffmpeg -i " & '"' & $file & '"' & " 2>c:\pipe.txt")

$timeFile = FileRead ("c:\pipe.txt")

$timeArray = StringRegExp ($timeFile , "Duration: (\d\d:\d\d:\d\d)" , 3)

msgbox (0, '' , $timeArray[0])

filedelete ("c:\pipe.txt")

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|(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/
(_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_)
| | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) (
| | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | |
`-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_|
'-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__)

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Thank you for your reply!

After tracking down ffmpeg and downloading it pre-compiled, I was wholly unable to get your code to work. The error is likely to be mine. I placed ffmpeg.exe in "C:\", but it can't seem to locate any of the files I send it. I eventually got it to accept the path using FileGetShortName, but it still doesn't see it.

I'm also curious why you wouldn't use ffprobe, but I was unable to get that to work either.

It gets an error:

>"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\AutoIt Proj\MediaLen2.au3" /autoit3dir "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3" /UserParams

+>17:43:35 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.2.0.1.24 Environment(Language:0409 Keyboard:00000409 OS:WIN_XP/Service Pack 3 CPU:X64 OS:X86)

>Running AU3Check (1.54.19.0) from:C:\Program Files\AutoIt3

+>17:43:35 AU3Check ended.rc:0

>Running:(3.3.6.1):C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\AutoIt Proj\MediaLen2.au3"

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\AutoIt Proj\MediaLen2.au3 (15) : ==> Subscript used with non-Array variable.:

msgbox (0, '' , $timeArray[0])

msgbox (0, '' , $timeArray^ ERROR

->17:43:36 AutoIT3.exe ended.rc:1

>Exit code: 1 Time: 1.994

Output ("Pipe.txt") is:

FFmpeg version SVN-r25512, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Oct 18 2010 04:06:45 with gcc 4.4.2
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-libgsm --enable-pthreads --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libspeex --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libvpx --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-librtmp --extra-libs='-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --target-os=mingw32 --enable-avisynth --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --cc='ccache i686-mingw32-gcc' --enable-memalign-hack
  libavutil     50.32. 3 / 50.32. 3
  libavcore      0. 9. 1 /  0. 9. 1
  libavcodec    52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
  libavformat   52.83. 0 / 52.83. 0
  libavdevice   52. 2. 2 / 52. 2. 2
  libavfilter    1.52. 0 /  1.52. 0
  libswscale     0.12. 0 /  0.12. 0
C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Videos\Loops\3m basic No music -CD.mp4: No such file or directory

The code I used:

Global $file, $time, $timeFile, $timeArray[12]=[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

;$file = inputbox ("Which File" , "Select file")
$File = FileGetShortName("C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Videos\Loops\3m basic No music -CD.mp4")


$time = runwait(@comspec & " /c " & "c:\ffmpeg -i " & '"' & $file & '"' & " 2>c:\pipe.txt")
;$time = runwait(@comspec & " /c " & "c:\ffprobe -pretty " & '"' & $file & '"' & " 2>c:\pipe.txt")

$timeFile = FileRead ("c:\pipe.txt")

$timeArray = StringRegExp ($timeFile , "Duration: (\d\d:\d\d:\d\d)" , 3)

msgbox (0, '' , $timeArray[0])

;filedelete ("c:\pipe.txt")
(I hard coded the file because the InputBox was a pain for repetitive testing.)
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I'd never heard of ffprobe, looks nice, thanks.

And dont know why its not working, I tried with all sorts of paths and names and its not breaking for me.

(and you can always set a default value in the inputbox, for the repetitive testing action)

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|(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/
(_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_)
| | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) (
| | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | |
`-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_|
'-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__)

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Try placing "ffprobe.exe" in the same directory as your script, and having no spaces in the path to your script.

Then try omitting the "-i" parameter; which gives something like this:

Func _durGet($thisVid)
    $tempPipe=@ScriptDir&"\piped.tmp"
    ShellExecuteWait(@ComSpec,' /c ffprobe.exe "'&$thisVid&'" 2>'&$tempPipe)
    Return StringRegExp(FileRead($tempPipe), "Duration: (\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d\d)", 3)
EndFunc   ;==>_durGet

_ArrayDisplay(_durGet("C:\Videos\Sample.mp4"))

EDIT: clumsy code & faulty grammar

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You can use MediaInfo.dll ! Posted Image

#include <Array.au3>

$_InfoArray = _GetInfoArrayByMediaInfodll ( 'D:\video.mp4' )
_ArrayDisplay ( $_InfoArray )
$_InfoString = _ExtractInfoOfMediaInfodllArray ( $_InfoArray, 'playtime' )
ConsoleWrite ( $_InfoString & @Crlf )

Func _GetInfoArrayByMediaInfodll ( $_MediaFilePath )
    If Not FileExists ( @SystemDir & '\MediaInfo.dll' ) Then FileInstall ( 'MediaInfo.dll', @SystemDir & '\MediaInfo.dll' )
    $_Dll = DllOpen ( "MediaInfo.dll" )
    $_Handle = DllCall ( $_Dll, "ptr", "MediaInfo_New" )
    DllCall ( $_Dll, "int", "MediaInfo_Open", "ptr", $_Handle[0], "wstr", $_MediaFilePath )
    DllCall ( $_Dll, "wstr", "MediaInfo_Option", "ptr", 0, "wstr", "Complete", "wstr", "1" )
    $_Inform = DllCall ( $_Dll, "wstr", "MediaInfo_Inform", "ptr", $_Handle[0], "int", 0 )
    DllClose ( $_Dll )
    $_Return = StringSplit ( $_Inform[0], @lf )
    If Not @error Then
        Return $_Return
    Else
        Return 0
    EndIf
EndFunc ;==> _GetInfoArrayByMediaInfodll ( )

Func _ExtractInfoOfMediaInfodllArray ( $_InfoArray, $_Find )
    For $_E = 1 To Ubound ( $_InfoArray ) - 1
        If StringInStr ( $_InfoArray[$_E], $_Find ) Then Return $_InfoArray[$_E]
    Next
    Return 0
EndFunc ;==> _ExtractInfoOfMediaInfodllArray ( )

Information you can get from MediaInfo :

General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...

Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...

Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...

Text: language of subtitle

Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters

Format (container) does MediaInfo support :

Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...

(Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)

Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...

Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...

Edited by wakillon

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wakillon  i have tried using this script and all i get is this error.... at first i thought cause i had pointed to the .dll without installing  ( will that work)

and even after installing media info i get the same error:

==> Subscript used on non-accessible variable.:
DllCall ( $_Dll, "int", "MediaInfo_Open", "ptr", $_Handle[0], "wstr", $_MediaFilePath )
DllCall ( $_Dll, "int", "MediaInfo_Open", "ptr", $_Handle^ ERROR
>Exit code: 1    Time: 0.4139

only change i made was the location of the file location like here:
 

$_InfoArray = _GetInfoArrayByMediaInfodll ( 'C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Desktop\recordings\Big 10 Network_11_26_22_32_2014.flv' )
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i have even tried using ffprobe like this but im just getting zero back

$rName = "World of Martial Arts Television_11_11_02_32_2014.flv"
$rVideo = $recordings & "\" &  $rName
$ffmpegProbe = '"' & $ffprobe & '" -v error -show_format -of flat=s=_ -show_entries format=duration "'& $rVideo &'" '
$command = 'cmd /k  "' & $ffmpegProbe & '" '
local $PID = Run($command, @ScriptDir, @SW_show, 0x08)
$line = StdoutRead($PID) ;read stdout
$return = StringRegExp($line,"format_duration=22.168000", 1)
ConsoleWrite($line  & @CRLF)

i can see in the console this info tho:

format_duration="22.168000"
format_tags_length="25992064"
format_tags_language="eng"
format_tags_timescale="48000"
format_tags_sampletype="mp4a"
format_tags_audiochannels="2"
format_tags_videoframerate="25"
format_tags_aacaot="2"
format_tags_avclevel="30"
format_tags_avcprofile="66"
format_tags_frameWidth="876"
format_tags_frameHeight="480"
format_tags_displayWidth="853"
format_tags_displayHeight="480"
format_tags_moovposition="57041862"
format_tags_encoder="Lavf56.12.103"

I would much rather use ffProbe if possible as it is a easy portable file

 
 
im usig esamples as shown here:
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/FFprobeTips
 

eval $(ffprobe -v error -show_format -of flat=s=_ input.mkv | grep format_duration); echo $format_duration

Alternatively you can omit grep by using the -show_entries option:
 

eval $(ffprobe -v error -show_format -of flat=s=_ -show_entries format=duration input.mkv); echo $format_duration

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Did you downloaded MediaInfo.dll  and putted it in C:\Windows\System32\ or c:WindowsSysWOW64 if you have x64 windows?

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ok i changed a little code around and now see the correct info in the editor 

$rVideo = $recordings & "\" &  $rName
$ffmpegProbe = '"' & $ffprobe & '" -v error -show_format -of flat=s=_ -show_entries format=duration "'& $rVideo &'" '
$command = 'cmd /k  "' & $ffmpegProbe & '" '
local $PID = Run($command, @ScriptDir, @SW_show, $STDERR_CHILD)
$line = StdoutRead($PID) ;read stdout

and this is coming up in the console write of the editor
 

format_duration="22.168000"
format_tags_length="25992064"
format_tags_language="eng"
format_tags_timescale="48000"
format_tags_sampletype="mp4a"
format_tags_audiochannels="2"
format_tags_videoframerate="25"
format_tags_aacaot="2"
format_tags_avclevel="30"
format_tags_avcprofile="66"
format_tags_frameWidth="876"
format_tags_frameHeight="480"
format_tags_displayWidth="853"
format_tags_displayHeight="480"
format_tags_moovposition="57041862"
format_tags_encoder="Lavf56.12.103"

so how do i get the "22.168000"" info from $line :

$line = StdoutRead($PID) ;read stdout

when it comes back 

format_duration="22.168000"
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Haven't got my code on hand, but I use the CLI (Command-line) version of Media Info, as the regular won't work. It is a separate download, and sometimes difficult to find, but I either got it through Sourceforge or the Home page. It writes a single entry to a text file, which you can then read. It can be a bit tricky to understand the command-line usage, so tomorrow, if I remember, and you haven't had success yet, I will dig it out and post here.

Simpler than wakillon's code, but I'm interested in the DLL method he's used, for I wasn't aware there was another way.

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Here's my code, extracted from a much bigger script.

Also note, that this for Audio duration, so you will need to chase up the different command(s) for Video.

I don't have the correct version of Media Info installed on this PC, so cannot currently check for you.

MediaInfo CLI 0.7.70 (http://MediaArea.net/MediaInfo)

This first bit of code, you might find useful, in regards to setting Media Info location and variable assignments.

Global $ans, $audlog, $inifle, $medfle, $mediainfo, $pth, $time, $version

$inifle = @ScriptDir & "\Settings.ini"
$medfle = @ScriptDir & "\Medlog.txt"


$mediainfo = IniRead($inifle, "MediaInfo", "path", "")
If $mediainfo = "" Or Not FileExists($mediainfo) Then
    $mediainfo = @ScriptDir & "\MediaInfo_CLI\MediaInfo.exe"
    If FileExists($mediainfo) Then
        IniWrite($inifle, "MediaInfo", "path", $mediainfo)
    Else
        $mediainfo = @ProgramFilesDir & "\MediaInfo\MediaInfo.exe"
        While 1
            If FileExists($mediainfo) Then
                $version = FileGetVersion($mediainfo, "InternalName")
                If StringInStr($version, " - CLI - ") > 0 Then
                    IniWrite($inifle, "MediaInfo", "path", $mediainfo)
                    ExitLoop
                Else
                    $mediainfo = ""
                EndIf
            Else
                $pth = FileOpenDialog("Choose the MediaInfo CLI executable file", @ProgramFilesDir, "Program file (*.exe)", 3, "MediaInfo.exe")
                If @error <> 1 And $pth <> "" And StringMid($pth, 2, 2) = ":\" Then
                    $mediainfo = $pth
                    $version = FileGetVersion($mediainfo, "InternalName")
                    If StringInStr($version, " - CLI - ") > 0 Then
                        IniWrite($inifle, "MediaInfo", "path", $mediainfo)
                        ExitLoop
                    Else
                        $mediainfo = ""
                        $ans = MsgBox(262193, "Version Error", _
                            "Selected file is not the CLI version of MediaInfo." & @LF & @LF & _
                            "Both the CLI and GUI versions have the same" & @LF & _
                            "executable name, but only the command-line" & @LF & _
                            "version (CLI) will work with this program." & @LF & @LF & _
                            "Do you want to browse for it again?", 0)
                        If $ans = 2 Then
                            $mediainfo = @ScriptDir & "\MediaInfo_CLI"
                            DirCreate($mediainfo)
                            $mediainfo = ""
                            Exit
                        EndIf
                    EndIf
                Else
                    $mediainfo = @ScriptDir & "\MediaInfo_CLI"
                    DirCreate($mediainfo)
                    $mediainfo = ""
                    MsgBox(262192, "Program Error", "MediaInfo CLI (command-line version) freeware is required!")
                    Exit
                EndIf
            EndIf
        WEnd
    EndIf
EndIf

This next bit of code, is the important bit.

Func GetAudioDuration($pth)
    RunWait($mediainfo & ' "--Inform=General;Duration is: %Duration/String3%" --LogFile="' & $medfle & '" "' & $pth & '"', "", @SW_HIDE)
    Sleep(200)
    _FileReadToArray($medfle, $audlog)
    If @error = 0 Then
        $time = StringReplace($audlog[1], "Duration is: ", "")
        $time = StringTrimLeft($time, 1)
    Else
        $time = ""
    EndIf
EndFunc ;=> GetAudioDuration

Obviously you call it with something like.

GetAudioDuration("C:\My Documents\Videos\My Video.mp4")

NOTE - You will need to make alterations (rename a few things, etc) to my code, to suit your requirements.

EDIT

Actually, it seems that Duration/String3 is correct (same commands as audio), going by this extraction from CL_Help.txt

Video;

mpg,vob,ts avi or mp4 mp4 only mp4 or mkv wmv only wmv only flv only   
Format Format used MPEG Video MPEG-4 Visual MPEG-4 Visual AVC WVP2 VC-1 H.263 or VP6

Format/Info Info about Format    
Advanced Video Codec

Format_Version Version of this format Version 2         
Format_Profile Profile of the Format Main@Main Streaming Video@L1 Simple@Ln Main@L4.n  MP@ML      
Main@High   High@L3.1      
CodecID Codec ID (found in some containers)  XVID or DX50 MP4V V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC WVP2 WMV3    
CodecID/Hint A hint for this codec ID  XviD or DivX 5     WMV3    
Duration Play time of the stream 729578
Duration/String Play time (formated) 12mn 9s
Duration/String1 Play time in : HHh MMmn SSs MMMms 12mn 9s 78ms

Duration/String2 Play time in format : HHh MMmn SSs 12mn 9s
Duration/String3 Play time in format : HH:MM:SS.MMM 12:10.0

 

You may need to replace Inform=General with Inform=Video

Edited by TheSaint

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Do the files show the duration in the file properties fields? Might be easier to find them that way if they do.

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Probably not for MP4 or even MOV going by my recollection.

My experience though, is with Win XP.

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I don't have either type on any computer, so I couldn't tell. Worth a shot. :)

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Could be worth a try for the OP, as it would simplify things if it worked.

>_FileGetProperty

One of yours too, and in your signature. :thumbsup:

I still use the old original in a few scripts .... just haven't updated yet.

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Guys love the help for rea l!!   but im married to this ffProbe/ffmpeg 

been messing with     _StringBetween

but cant seem to figure out how to read what is coming out of ffprobe or ffmpeg

now this is hard coded for example...  and works

Local $duration =' format_duration="22.168000" format_tags_length="25992064" format_tags_language="eng" '

$left = 'format_duration="'
$right = '"'

$source = _StringBetween($duration, $left,$right)
If Not @error Then
    MsgBox(0,"",""& $source[0])
Else
    MsgBox(0,""," No Time came back ")
EndIf

and the code i am using once again is this  which prints out line per line

$rVideo = $recordings & "\" &  $rName
$ffmpegProbe = '"' & $ffprobe & '" -v error -show_format -of flat=s=_ -show_entries format=duration "'& $rVideo &'" '
$command = 'cmd /k  "' & $ffmpegProbe & '" '
local $PID = Run($command, @ScriptDir, @SW_show, $STDERR_CHILD)
$line = StdoutRead($PID) ;read stdout

but i just want it all into one variable so that _stringBetween will read it

Thanks so much but ffprobe is very easy to include with no install to the end user

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Sorry, I misunderstood who was asking the question.

You asked a question of wakillon who last posted in this topic over 4 years ago.

My experience is with Media Info, not ffprobe.

Going by your last line in Post #11

format_duration="22.168000"

You could just use StringSplit with a double quote.

$line = 'format_duration="22.168000"'
$duration = StringSplit($line, '"')
$duration = $duration[2]

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hey fellow, you can use StringRegExp for the job

#include <Array.au3>
$aRex=StringRegExp($stdout,'^(.+?)="(.+?)$"',3)
local $aOutput[1][2]
For $i = 0 to ubound($aRex)-1 Step 2
     Redim $aOutput[$i/2+1][2]
     $aOutput[$i/2][0]=$aRex[$i]
     $aOutput[$i/2][1]=$aRex[$i+1]
Next
_ArrayDisplay($aOutput)
Exit
Edited by Kyan

Heroes, there is no such thing

One day I'll discover what IE.au3 has of special for so many users using it.
C'mon there's InetRead and WinHTTP, way better
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