Get Footage Size metadata

[Eli Portell]

Hey there,

I have been trying to access the metadata section under "File Properties" to see the source size of an individual piece of footage. This information will help while generating a report about the Premiere Project through a panel.

I have tried accessing this through XML and XMP, but I am somewhat new to using these, and can't find the access I need. Any insights?

Thanks

[Bruce Bullis]

That's all from the OS; I don't think we preserve that info, but I'll have a look...

Confirmed, we don't store that info in either the XMP, or the projectItem's private metadata.

[Eli Portell · Accepted solution]

In case anyone needs this information in the future, I ended up gathering file size by looking at the footage item's filepath. You can then throw the path in a file object and calculate the size in bytes. Hopefully it'll be useful for someone, someday.

                 var target  = File ( path ); 

                if(target.length){

                    size = (target.length / 1000000000);

                    }

[Bruce Bullis]

Embarrassed that I didn't think of that; the JavaScript Tools Guide (that ships with ESTK) is a wealth of information, and covers the File object.