# Getting duration from netstream or video

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-duration-from-netstream-or-video/225656>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 14, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-duration-from-netstream-or-video/225656 "2007-05-14T18:42:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![smizzle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/smizzle/32/3547_2.png) [@smizzle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smizzle)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-duration-from-netstream-or-video/225656/1 "2007-05-14T18:42:46Z")

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So I’m creating a custom video player. Granted I know I could just skin the components (I am really excited about the runtime skinning), but I started this before cs3 and now just want to get it done. The only problem is I see no way to determine the duration of the movie which makes it impossible to make a scrubber, where is it or am I just missing something I know the client has some functionality but I can’t find any doco on it. Any help would be appreciated.