code to get duration of a video

gistfile1.txt

const { execFile } = require('child_process');
const { promisify } = require('util');

const execFilePromise = promisify(execFile);

async function getVideoDuration(filePath) {
    try {
        const { stdout } = await execFilePromise('ffprobe', [
            '-v',
            'error',
            '-show_entries',
            'format=duration',
            '-of',
            'default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1',
            filePath
        ]);

        // Parse the output to a float and round to 2 decimal places
        const duration = parseFloat(stdout).toFixed(2);
        return `${duration} seconds`;
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error getting video duration:', error);
        return null;
    }
}

// Example usage
(async () => {
    const duration = await getVideoDuration('./video.mp4'); // your video path, relative 
    console.log('Video duration:', duration);
})();