How to get the size of the video in Kilobytes?

Question

Is it possible to get the size of the video in kilobytes in android? Is there any API for that?

Update I am trying to fetch the video from a http:// location.

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '11 at 14:16

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File file = new File("xxx.flv");

long length = file.length();

length = length/1024;

answered Feb 24 '11 at 14:16

Reno

What if i am trying to get a video file from the http://. Is it possible to get the size by reading the metadata? – Navaneeth Sen Feb 24 '11 at 14:42
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You ought to mention such things in the question. Read about [range requests](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3411480/how-to-resume-an-interrupted-download/3411558#3411558). or [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3276249/getting-the-file-size-before-downloading-in-android/3276263#3276263) – Reno Feb 24 '11 at 15:01

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