wp_read_video_metadata( string $file )

Retrieve metadata from a video file’s ID3 tags


Parameters

$file

(Required) Path to file.


Return

(array|bool) Returns array of metadata, if found.


Source

File: wp-admin/includes/media.php

function wp_read_video_metadata( $file ) {
	if ( ! file_exists( $file ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$metadata = array();

	if ( ! defined( 'GETID3_TEMP_DIR' ) ) {
		define( 'GETID3_TEMP_DIR', get_temp_dir() );
	}

	if ( ! class_exists( 'getID3', false ) ) {
		require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/ID3/getid3.php' );
	}
	$id3 = new getID3();
	$data = $id3->analyze( $file );

	if ( isset( $data['video']['lossless'] ) )
		$metadata['lossless'] = $data['video']['lossless'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['video']['bitrate'] ) )
		$metadata['bitrate'] = (int) $data['video']['bitrate'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['video']['bitrate_mode'] ) )
		$metadata['bitrate_mode'] = $data['video']['bitrate_mode'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['filesize'] ) )
		$metadata['filesize'] = (int) $data['filesize'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['mime_type'] ) )
		$metadata['mime_type'] = $data['mime_type'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['playtime_seconds'] ) )
		$metadata['length'] = (int) round( $data['playtime_seconds'] );
	if ( ! empty( $data['playtime_string'] ) )
		$metadata['length_formatted'] = $data['playtime_string'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['video']['resolution_x'] ) )
		$metadata['width'] = (int) $data['video']['resolution_x'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['video']['resolution_y'] ) )
		$metadata['height'] = (int) $data['video']['resolution_y'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['fileformat'] ) )
		$metadata['fileformat'] = $data['fileformat'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['video']['dataformat'] ) )
		$metadata['dataformat'] = $data['video']['dataformat'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['video']['encoder'] ) )
		$metadata['encoder'] = $data['video']['encoder'];
	if ( ! empty( $data['video']['codec'] ) )
		$metadata['codec'] = $data['video']['codec'];

	if ( ! empty( $data['audio'] ) ) {
		unset( $data['audio']['streams'] );
		$metadata['audio'] = $data['audio'];
	}

	if ( empty( $metadata['created_timestamp'] ) ) {
		$created_timestamp = wp_get_media_creation_timestamp( $data );

		if ( $created_timestamp !== false ) {
			$metadata['created_timestamp'] = $created_timestamp;
		}
	}

	wp_add_id3_tag_data( $metadata, $data );

	$file_format = isset( $metadata['fileformat'] ) ? $metadata['fileformat'] : null;

	/**
	 * Filters the array of metadata retrieved from a video.
	 *
	 * In core, usually this selection is what is stored.
	 * More complete data can be parsed from the `$data` parameter.
	 *
	 * @since WP-4.9.0
	 *
	 * @param array  $metadata       Filtered Video metadata.
	 * @param string $file           Path to video file.
	 * @param string $file_format    File format of video, as analyzed by getID3.
	 * @param string $data           Raw metadata from getID3.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'wp_read_video_metadata', $metadata, $file, $file_format, $data );
}


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WP-3.6.0 Introduced.