Get Duration of mov ,wmv files

[saurabh208]

hi all,

i m doing a project in which i require to get the duration (length) of a media file...

i tried soo much but can't find any solution

please help me out...

[Norm]

Do you have a definition of the contents of a media file?
Are there fields in the file that contain their length?
If so, you can write a java program to read the file and extract that info.

[bayan]

The length is usually saved as a tag, you know like the artist name or something, you just need to extract that.

If your going to write a media player I recommend you use a different language, or associate a third party converter with your program.

-Bayan-

[saurabh208]

thanks for replying...

but i still not getting it..

see, my problem is..

i m windows XP user,

i have a 100 of .mov (Quicktime player file) files.

and i have to create a database/ XML file in which i m gonna store the name, size, duration of that files.

so if i open .mov file in read mode then i can only read the byte information, not the duration

& if possible then please give a sample code for that...

thanks you..

[saurabh208]

similarly for wmv file

as you can see the artist, duration, album and so on information in windows explorer.
but how i can get these information through a java code

please mention code also

[Zack]

I don't think you can. WMV is a proprietary filetype used by Microsoft... I know there exists a Windows Media SDK, but I believe it's in C/C++ only. A quick Google search reinforces my theory; others have looked for a similar bit of code (to get the duration and other data from WMV files) to no avail.

[gafa]

h-i-t

Did you tried File class fro this?

[saurabh208]

yes, i tried but u can't access the property through it..