DescribeMediaMetaData

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1. API Description

Domain name for API request: mps.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to obtain media meta information, including video image width, height, encoding format, duration, and frame rate.

A maximum of 20 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name	Required	Type	Description
Action	Yes	String	Common Params. The value used for this API: DescribeMediaMetaData.
Version	Yes	String	Common Params. The value used for this API: 2019-06-12.
Region	No	String	Common Params. This parameter is not required for this API.
InputInfo	Yes	MediaInputInfo	Input information of the file that needs to get meta information.
Mode	No	String	When set to slow, expand the API timeout duration Enumeration values: slow: expand the API timeout duration

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
MetaData	MediaMetaData	Media metadata.
RequestId	String	The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Obtaining Video Information

Input Example

https://mps.intl.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=DescribeMediaMetaData
&InputInfo.Type=COS
&InputInfo.CosInputInfo.Bucket=TopRankVideo-125xxx88
&InputInfo.CosInputInfo.Region=ap-chongqing
&InputInfo.CosInputInfo.Object=/movie/201907/WildAnimal.mov
&<Common request parameters>

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "MetaData": {
            "AudioDuration": 380.9465637207031,
            "AudioStreamSet": [
                {
                    "Bitrate": 95999,
                    "Codec": "aac",
                    "Codecs": "mp4a.40.2",
                    "Loudness": 0,
                    "Channel": 2,
                    "SamplingRate": 44100
                }
            ],
            "Bitrate": 409657,
            "Container": "mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2",
            "Duration": 380.9465637207031,
            "Height": 360,
            "Rotate": 0,
            "Size": 19626862,
            "VideoDuration": 380.8804931640625,
            "VideoStreamSet": [
                {
                    "Bitrate": 313658,
                    "Codec": "h264",
                    "Codecs": "avc1.ffe100",
                    "ColorPrimaries": "",
                    "ColorSpace": "",
                    "ColorTransfer": "",
                    "HdrType": "",
                    "Fps": 29,
                    "Height": 360,
                    "Width": 480
                }
            ],
            "Width": 480
        },
        "RequestId": "12ae8d8e-dce3-4151-9d4b-5594145287e1"
    }
}

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Tencent Cloud CLI 3.0

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

Error Code	Description
FailedOperation.InvalidMpsUser	Operation failed: illegal mps user.
InternalError	Internal error.
InvalidParameter	Parameter error.
InvalidParameterValue.SrcFile