Video length is missing in old software after cobalt's live render about cobalt HOT 11 CLOSED

I hope this gets fixed soon

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I tried to replicate the described issue but I was unable to.

I downloaded 3 of the latest Fireship videos and the same for @homedesign369.
All videos showed the correct duration from ffprobe's input.duration.
And I was able to play all videos with the playback bar correctly showing the duration with Windows Media Player.

Could you possibly expand on what platforms (e.g. YouTube) this issue occurs on? And possibly link the videos for future contributors? (I won't be contributing to this issue.)

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I tried to replicate the described issue but I was unable to.

Try to download any YouTube video (ex. this one) in 1080p resolution and H.264 codec to replicate this issue.

YouTube stores complete (video with audio) versions in 360p and 720p resolutions and H.264 codec for compatibility.

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tried the same thing on the video that you linked with the settings you provided and the same thing happens

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I have the same issue has they.

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telegram shows 0:00

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possible solution (for yt): since you know the approximate (thanks for reminding me) length of the video (because you check if it's <180 minutes), why don't just send the header with that information?

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possible solution (for yt): since you know the length of the video (because you check if it's <180 minutes), why don't just send the header with that information?

youtube stores the only approximate duration in the video database. you can see how youtube player adds or takes away the second(s) of video after loading it.

in theory, the forcing of duration in container header can create new problems with compatibility.

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since you know the length of the video

do you know the exact final bit length of a remuxed video?

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got this issue in vlc too, but only for videos in h264, not av1
video of me reproducing the issue: https://youtu.be/slYl9DraXEA

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I hope so too

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