get video duration from URL in android app

Question

I\'m working on an app where the user can see all the video\'s information and title that are stored on a SERVER. I\'m almost done with it except that no matter how I code i

Answer 1

This is working for me , (Use this code in background thread if your app is getting slow)

MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
  retriever.setDataSource("YourVideofileUrl", new HashMap());
  String time = retriever.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_DURATION);
  long timeInMillisec = Long.parseLong(time);
  retriever.release();
  String duration=convertMillieToHMmSs(timeInMillisec); //use this duration

and

 public static String convertMillieToHMmSs(long millie) {
    long seconds = (millie / 1000);
    long second = seconds % 60;
    long minute = (seconds / 60) % 60;
    long hour = (seconds / (60 * 60)) % 24;

    String result = "";
    if (hour > 0) {
        return String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d", hour, minute, second);
    }
    else {
        return String.format("%02d:%02d" , minute, second);
    }

}

Do in background using AsyncTask or coroutines if its slow

 AsyncTask.execute(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
            retriever.setDataSource(model.getLink(), new HashMap());
            String time = retriever.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_DURATION);
            long timeInMillisec = Long.parseLong(time);
            retriever.release();
            String durations=convertMillieToHMmSs(timeInMillisec); //use this duration
            Log.d("durationns",durations);

            runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    duration.setText(durations);//set in textview
                }
            });
        }
    });