How to get the mp3 link duration when playing in vlc python?

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I was trying to play music from music stored in Firebase Storage using vlc packages. However, when using this packages, we need to define the duration of the time sleep. Error occured when I used urllib.request and mutagen library to retrieve it.

Error

can't sync to MPEG frame

      try:
                    filename, headers = urlretrieve(musicURL)
                    audio = MP3(filename)
                    print(audio.info.length)
                    self.mediaPlayer = vlc.MediaPlayer(musicURL)
                    self.mediaPlayer.play()
                    time.sleep(180)
                    print("Music " + musicName + " is playing")
                    # I not yet find ways to determine music duration from url
                except Exception as e:
                    print(e)
                    pass
mutagen vlc audio-player urllib python
2 Answers

So, from the comments: instead of trying to use Mutagen, just ask VLC for the duration.

self.mediaPlayer = vlc.MediaPlayer(musicURL)
self.mediaPlayer.play()
duration = self.mediaPlayer.get_length()
print(f"Playing {musicName}")
time.sleep(duration / 1000)  # duration is in milliseconds
AKX0

Just for clarification, I have managed to solve the problem and below is my code:

try:
    self.mediaPlayer = vlc.MediaPlayer(musicURL)
    self.mediaPlayer.play()
    time.sleep(3)
    duration = self.mediaPlayer.get_length()
    self.musicLength = duration/1000

except:
    pass
                        
print(self.musicLength)
self.mediaPlayer.play()
time.sleep(self.musicLength)
print("Music " + musicName + " is playing")
Wesley0
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