Added a script to find video duration inside a directory

Author: sanjeev-lifesight

real-world-examples/video_duration.py

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+import moviepy.editor # pip install moviepy, need it for movie duration
+import mimetypes # to guess file type, if it's a video file or not
+import os # path, file and directory
+import sys # to get the argument
+
+# Converts duration into human readable format
+def get_duration(seconds):
+    hours = seconds // 3600
+    seconds %= 3600
+    minutes = seconds // 60
+    seconds %= 60
+
+    hours    = "0"+str(hours) if(hours<10) else str(hours)
+    minutes  = "0"+str(minutes) if(minutes<10) else str(minutes)
+    seconds  = "0"+str(seconds) if(seconds<10) else str(seconds)
+    return hours, minutes, seconds
+
+# Display video(s) duration for given directory
+def display_video_duration(videos_list):
+    for video_file in videos_list:
+        video_file_path = dir_path+"/"+video_file
+
+        # check if video_file is of video type
+        try:
+            if mimetypes.guess_type(video_file_path)[0].startswith('video'):
+                # Create an object by passing the location of a video file
+                video = moviepy.editor.VideoFileClip(video_file_path)
+
+                # Contains the duration of the video in terms of seconds
+                video_duration = int(video.duration) # video length output is in seconds
+                hours, minutes, seconds = get_duration(video_duration) #convert into human readable duration format
+
+                print(f"{video_file}: {hours}:{minutes}:{seconds}")
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
+    exit("It needs video file list to work")
+
+dir_path = ""
+if(os.path.isdir(sys.argv[1])):
+    dir_path = sys.argv[1] # first argument as video list directory
+
+# list to store vodeo files
+videos = []
+
+# Iterate directory
+for path in os.listdir(dir_path):
+    # check if current path is a file
+    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(dir_path, path)):
+        videos.append(path)
+
+display_video_duration(videos)
+
+
+# If you want to check the given file is a video file
+#if mimetypes.guess_type(path)[0].startswith('video'):
+#   print('It is a video')