unitproc/bkt-get_media_length

   1 #!/usr/bin/env bash
   2
   3 get_media_length() {
   4     # Use ffprobe to get media container length in seconds (float)
   5     # Usage: get_media_length arg1
   6     # Input:  arg1: path to file
   7     # Output: stdout: seconds (float)
   8     # Depends: ffprobe 4.1.8
   9     # Ref/Attrib: [1] How to get video duration in seconds? https://superuser.com/a/945604
  10     local file_in
  11     file_in="$1";
  12     if [[ ! -f $file_in ]]; then
  13         die "ERROR:Not a file:$file_in";
  14     fi;
  15     ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$file_in";
  16 } # Get media container length in seconds via stdout
  17
  18 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
  19 # License: GPLv3+