# FLV Player Help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-player-help/233438>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 24, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-player-help/233438 "2007-07-24T00:29:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![vizun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vizun](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vizun)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-player-help/233438/1 "2007-07-24T00:29:45Z")

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Hello, i’m making a video player, and I’m having trouble getting the total time of the flv file. When i just test the movie, it gets and fires the metadata event and works, but whne i upload to my server and try it, it never gets the metadata, nor can i use player.totalTime (because it = 0). Now this happens the first time i view the page, but after i let it play, and then refresh the page the metadata event goes. I’m guessing this is because the flv has been completely downloaded, but i don’t know why this would effect the metadata. Anyways, i need some help on this, getting the totalTime of the flv, so i would appreciate anything.