Get duration of a video using 'ffprobe'

get_duration.py

from subprocess import check_output
import re
file_name = "movie.mp4"

#For Windows
a = str(check_output('ffprobe -i  "'+file_name+'" 2>&1 |findstr "Duration"',shell=True)) 

#For Linux
#a = str(check_output('ffprobe -i  "'+file_name+'" 2>&1 |grep "Duration"',shell=True)) a = a.split(",")[0].split("Duration:")[1].strip()

a = re.findall(r"\bDuration: (\d+:\d+:\d+\.\d+)\b",a)[0]
h, m, s = a.split(':')
duration = int(h) * 3600 + int(m) * 60 + (float(s))

print(duration)