Feature: Add support for displaying video duration (Length) in Details view

[Ac3w0lf]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

It would be helpful if the Details layout included a column for video duration (Length), similar to what Windows File Explorer offers.

Requirements

This proposal will accomplish:
Improve visibility of media-specific metadata directly within the file list.
Enable users to sort and organize video files based on duration.
Reduce the need to open properties or third-party tools to view duration.
Allow more flexible layout customization by exposing more metadata fields.

Requirements
Implement a new column type: Length (video/audio duration).
Parse duration metadata from supported media file formats (e.g., MP4, MKV, AVI, MP3).
Display the "Length" column in the Details layout when applicable.
Allow users to toggle the Length column via the column picker UI.
Make the Length column sortable (ascending/descending).

Files Version

3.9.9.0

Windows Version

10.0.26100.0

Comments

No response

[Josh65-2201]

Thanks for the feedback, We're tracking this in #8366 . You can check there or click subscribe in the right sidebar for updates.

[yaira2]

In the meantime, the length data is available in the Details Pane.