@numairawan/video-duration

video-duration 📺 Get video duration from any URL and video object in Node.js and the browser without ffmpeg/ffprobe.

📦 Installation

Node.js

You can install the package using npm:

npm i @numairawan/video-duration

Usage in nodeJS

const { videoDuration } = require("@numairawan/video-duration");

// Using a video URL
const videoUrl = "https://example.com/sample.mp4";
videoDuration(videoUrl)
  .then(duration => {
    console.log(`Video duration: `, duration);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

// Using a local video file (Node.js)
const localVideoPath = "path/to/local/video.mp4";
videoDuration(localVideoPath)
  .then(duration => {
    console.log(`Video duration: `, duration);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

Browser

You can use the package in the browser by including it directly via a CDN. It's lightweight, only 1KB in size.

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@numairawan/video-duration/dist/index.min.js"></script>

Usage in browser

// VideoDuration class
const videoDuration = new VideoDuration();

// Using a video URL
const videoUrl = "https://example.com/sample.mp4";
videoDuration.analyze(videoUrl)
  .then(duration => {
    console.log(`Video duration: `, duration);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

// Using a local video file (Node.js)
const localVideoPath = "path/to/local/video.mp4";
videoDuration.analyze(localVideoPath)
  .then(duration => {
    console.log(`Video duration: `, duration);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests as well.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license.

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