FILM DURATIONS IN FINDER

Can't find a way for Finder to show film durations in MacBook Air Ventura v.13.5.2. Found a google tip which showed 'Duration' in the heading (since gone), but with an empty column. Please help if you can, thanks!

MacBook Air, macOS 13.5

Posted on Sep 14, 2023 11:56 AM

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Sep 14, 2023 1:05 PM in response to Marilou0121

In Finder list view, you can right-click on the Finder window headings and Duration is among the choices in Ventura 13.5.2 (but only when in the Movies folder).


I moved this column to right after the filenames. Duration times will show for .mp4, and .mov videos, but not for .avi or .mkv formats which are not natively supported on macOS. Spotlight won't show the duration for those latter two video file types either. A third-party tool such as ExifTool or ffmpeg can expose the duration time.

Sep 15, 2023 3:15 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thank you so much, that worked (partly). I didn't realise I had to move the films to the Movies folder in Finder (I store them on a EHD as they take space). Shame it doesn't do .avi films as they are most of what I downloaded, I need to be mindful about that from now on. Can't have everything I guess...

Stupid question: having moved some of my films to Finder/Movies, does this mean they will be taking space in my iCloud Drive storage? (it doesn't at the moment).

Many thanks again, and all the best.

FILM DURATIONS IN FINDER

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