Re: [tlug] length of an .avi file

[Stu Bouyer <stubouyer@example.com>]

Nguyen Vu Hung wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> With the utility "file" or mplayer, I can get some information about
> an avi file, but the length of the .avi wouldn't show.
> 
> So how can I do that? ( Suppose that I can't use GUI )
> 
mplayer has an identify flag that gives a bunch of information

mplayer -identify -frames 0 -vc null -vo null -ao null /path/name.avi

will return data without playing the file. ID_LENGTH= shows the file
length in seconds.

Hope this helps

Stu