[vlc-devel] libvlc: determining media length

[jeetu.golani at gmail.com]

Hi Remi,

Thanks so much for your quick reply...truly appreciate it :)

> function can or cannot determine different input item meta infos. However, in
> general, this is asynchronous, so some formats only provide length after
> playback starts.

I'm interested specifically in MythTV generated nuv (nupplevideo) file
format. Is there any workaround possible where I play the file for a
short duration but it is not visually rendered, maybe played only in
memory or some other workaround?

Thank you so much again :)

Bye for now

2011/10/21 Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net>:
> Le jeudi 20 octobre 2011 21:27:02 jeetu.golani at gmail.com, vous avez écrit :
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> First since this doesn't tie in directly to vlc development but rather
>> using libvlc please accept my apologies if this is the wrong list to
>> be posting this on.
>>
>> I need to determine the length of .nuv files preferably using a python
>> script. I've been toying with libvlc v1.1.3 to this end.
>>
>> The libvlc_media_player_get_length and libvlc_media_player_get_time
>> functions seem to work but only after I actually play the video. If I
>> try to call these functions without playing the media file the
>> returned value is -1.
>
> Depending on the file format and the VLC implementation, the LibVLC preparse
> function can or cannot determine different input item meta infos. However, in
> general, this is asynchronous, so some formats only provide length after
> playback starts.
>
> --
> Rémi Denis-Courmont
> http://www.remlab.net/
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