# Remotion Rule: Get Video Duration

> Remotion skill rule: Getting the duration of a video file in seconds with Mediabunny. Part of the official Remotion Agent Skill for programmatic video in React.

## Install

Save the content below to `.claude/skills/` or append to your `CLAUDE.md`:

## Quick Use

```bash
npx skills add remotion-dev/skills
```

This rule activates automatically when working with get video duration in a Remotion project.

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## Intro

Getting the duration of a video file in seconds with Mediabunny. Part of the [Remotion AI Skill](https://tokrepo.com/en/workflows/57997ead-c8fa-409c-916f-28bbc0adc8d9) — the official Agent Skill for programmatic video creation in React.

**Best for**: Developers using Remotion for get video duration
**Works with**: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor

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## Rule Content

# Getting video duration with Mediabunny

Mediabunny can extract the duration of a video file. It works in browser, Node.js, and Bun environments.

## Getting video duration

```tsx
import { Input, ALL_FORMATS, UrlSource } from "mediabunny";

export const getVideoDuration = async (src: string) => {
  const input = new Input({
    formats: ALL_FORMATS,
    source: new UrlSource(src, {
      getRetryDelay: () => null,
    }),
  });

  const durationInSeconds = await input.computeDuration();
  return durationInSeconds;
};
```

## Usage

```tsx
const duration = await getVideoDuration("https://remotion.media/video.mp4");
console.log(duration); // e.g. 10.5 (seconds)
```

## Video files from the public/ directory

Make sure to wrap the file path in `staticFile()`:

```tsx
import { staticFile } from "remotion";

const duration = await getVideoDuration(staticFile("video.mp4"));
```

## In Node.js and Bun

Use `FileSource` instead of `UrlSource`:

```tsx
import { Input, ALL_FORMATS, FileSource } from "mediabunny";

const input = new Input({
  formats: ALL_FORMATS,
  source: new FileSource(file), // File object from input or drag-drop
});

const durationInSeconds = await input.computeDuration();
```

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## Source & Thanks

> Created by [Remotion](https://github.com/remotion-dev). Licensed under MIT.
> [remotion-dev/skills](https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills) — Rule: `get-video-duration`

Part of the [Remotion AI Skill](https://tokrepo.com/en/workflows/57997ead-c8fa-409c-916f-28bbc0adc8d9) collection on TokRepo.

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Source: https://tokrepo.com/en/workflows/3ed09610-0041-40d0-8834-d19472bf8a2d
Author: Skill Factory