# How to get flv time

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-flv-time/123800>\
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**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-flv-time/123800 "2004-09-27T14:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![anarcoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@anarcoma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anarcoma)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-flv-time/123800/1 "2004-09-27T14:20:12Z")

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Im gonna stream a flv-movie into my flash-file and was wondering if theres anyway to retrieve (or calculate) the length (in seconds) of the movie before its completly loaded.

// joakim