name: get-audio-duration description: Getting the duration of an audio file in seconds with Mediabunny metadata:

tags: duration, audio, length, time, seconds, mp3, wav

Getting audio duration with Mediabunny

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

Getting audio duration

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

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

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

Usage

const duration = await getAudioDuration("https://remotion.media/audio.mp3");
console.log(duration); // e.g. 180.5 (seconds)

Using with staticFile in Remotion

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

import { staticFile } from "remotion";

const duration = await getAudioDuration(staticFile("audio.mp3"));

In Node.js and Bun

Use FileSource instead of UrlSource:

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
});