Chapter 688: parseMedia()

Core Idea

:::info Deprecated Deprecated in favor of getting metadata using Mediabunny.

Key Concepts

• Examples
• API
• src
• fields?
• reader?
• controller?
• onVideoTrack?
• onAudioTrack?

Code Examples

const result = await parseMedia({
  src: 'https://remotion.media/video.mp4',
  fields: {
    durationInSeconds: true,
    dimensions: true,
  },
});

console.log(result.durationInSeconds); // 10
console.log(result.dimensions); // {width: 1920, height: 1080}

• What it demonstrates: Usage pattern for parseMedia() from the official docs.

Key Takeaways

1. Understand examples when working with parseMedia().
2. Understand api when working with parseMedia().
3. Understand src when working with parseMedia().
4. Understand fields? when working with parseMedia().
5. Understand reader? when working with parseMedia().

Connects To

• Download and Parse: related page in the Media Parser (@remotion/media-parser) section.
• Download and Parse Media: related page in the Media Parser (@remotion/media-parser) section.
• Fast and Slow: related page in the Media Parser (@remotion/media-parser) section.