# Unreasonable duration returned for some videos

**URL:** <https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/unreasonable-duration-returned-for-some-videos/15861>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [May 18, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/unreasonable-duration-returned-for-some-videos/15861 "2018-05-18T13:01:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![wondible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@wondible](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/wondible)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/unreasonable-duration-returned-for-some-videos/15861/1 "2018-05-18T13:01:18Z")

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In testing some calls with the videos API, I noticed a few videos that return extremely long duration (497 hours in one case), but the video URL only brings up a 15 minute video. Curious if this is an error?

{  
“id”: “255118680”,  
“user\_id”: “90578964”,  
“title”: “[PS4] Catching Up on Events! Kulve Hunts and More! | Viewers Welcome! \o/ [!session] | FFXIV Later On!”,  
“description”: “”,  
“created\_at”: “2018-04-27T19:20:17Z”,  
“published\_at”: “2018-04-27T19:20:17Z”,  
“url”: “[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/255118680](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/255118680)”,  
“thumbnail\_url”: “[https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/s3\_vods/f51dbb6aadcc341b0c58\_vulcan\_210\_28489220624\_849246453/thumb/thumb0-%{width}x%{height}.jpg](https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/s3_vods/f51dbb6aadcc341b0c58_vulcan_210_28489220624_849246453/thumb/thumb0-%25%7Bwidth%7Dx%25%7Bheight%7D.jpg)”,  
“viewable”: “public”,  
“view\_count”: 0,  
“language”: “en”,  
“type”: “archive”,  
“duration”: “497h30m39s”  
}

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2spem0quai2ol.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/unreasonable-duration-returned-for-some-videos/15861/2 "2018-06-17T13:01:23Z")

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