Finding the full duration of multiple files/folders Win11

Hi Elaine,
You can check the total playtime of your music files in Windows 11 by going into your Music folder. Right-click on the column headers, choose "More," then enable the "Length" column. Select all files (Ctrl + A), and the total time should appear at the bottom.

Or you can use Windows Media Player. Just add your songs to a playlist, and it shows the total time at the bottom of the window.

I did something similar while planning a playlist for a cookout, and it helped me organize both music and food with a little help from https://mycookoutmenu.com.

Hope that helps

Select files in Explorer.

Open them in Windows Media Player.

Check the total duration at the bottom of the playlist or now playing window.

MediaInfo: It provides detailed info about media files, and some versions can give a summary.

This is probably the most flexible and powerful approach. You can write a small Python script that iterates through the files, reads their metadata (duration), and sums the values. Python has libraries like pathlib for file system interaction and mutagen for reading audio file metadata. This approach gives you the most control and can be extended to handle various file types.