How to get video duration from mp4, wmv, flv, mov videos

Question

Alright. Actually i need mostly the mp4 format. But if it is possible to get for other types as well that would be nice. I just need to read the duration of the file. How ca

Answer 1

FFMPEG project has a tool, called ffprobe which can provide you the information you need about your multimedia files and ouput the information in a nicely formated JSON.

Take a look at this answer for an example.