I'm actually doing that with 'exiftool'. http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
In a command line: exiftool audio.mp3 (And it will return a list of properties) exiftool -Duration audio.mp3 (Will return just the time duration) And it will works for a bunch of media types(wmv, wma, jpg, etc) --Rafael Eli Jones wrote: > Also, it would need to be a fixed bitrate.. if it's variable bitrate, > I think you're sort of out of luck. > > though, sounds like its a pain to do on your own.. there are no doubt > libraries to do it for you. > > for python, I see there is: Pymad > > anyway, have fun. > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Eli Jones <eli.jo...@gmail.com > <mailto:eli.jo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I do not believe there is information in the mp3 header that tell > you how long it actually is (I think this is just a fluke.. or > maybe they figured "Oh, they can just calculate it"). > > You have to get the bitrate (say, 128 kbps) and then find out the > total size of the mp3.. and use that to calculate what the runtime > will end up being. > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:45 PM, MajorProgamming > <sefira...@gmail.com <mailto:sefira...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > That's great info to know. But I more specifically wanted to > get the > runtime of the file (i.e. in hours, minutes, seconds). Any way > to do > that? > > On Nov 26, 2:37 am, Niklas Rosencrantz <teknik...@gmail.com > <mailto:teknik...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:14 AM, MajorProgamming > <sefira...@gmail.com <mailto:sefira...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to somehow fetch an external MP3 file > (i.e. from > > > another website), and then calculate the length of the MP3 > file. > > > > > I don't need the actual data of the file, I just want the > length of it > > > (time it runs). > > > > > Keep in mind that these files can be as big as 25MB... > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Hello, > > Good question guaranteed to depend on host config (could be > custom or > > fake descriptions) while one mentioned way is use HTTP HEAD > > #Call HTTP HEAD in Python > > import httplib > > conn=httplib.HTTPConnection("www.abc.com <http://www.abc.com>") > > conn.request("HEAD", "/dir/file1.mp3") > > res=conn.getresponse() > > fileSize=res.getheader('content-length') > > #or res.getheaders() for all headers > > conn.close() > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to > google-appengine@googlegroups.com > <mailto:google-appengine@googlegroups.com>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:google-appengine%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
