# Checking episode length?
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-episode-length/623613
**Category:** Live TV & DVR
**Tags:** livetv-dvr, server-windows
**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-episode-length/623613 "2020-08-14T14:45:09Z")
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### Author:  [@solstyce9](https://forums.plex.tv/u/solstyce9)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-episode-length/623613/1 "2020-08-14T14:45:10Z")
Has anyone doing post processing implemented a duration check in their script?
I have spotty reception – great at night, but during the heat of the day it sometimes breaks up. Since most of my DVR activity is in the evening it’s usually not a problem. However, I do occasionally get recordings truncated early due to poor signal.
Since I transcode my recordings to save space, I don’t want to use CPU time to process truncated episodes since they typically are so noisy they’re not worth saving. I’m wondering if anyone has built a check in their postprocessing script to compare the recording length with the length in the EPG?
I’m guessing I could find a tool to tell me the length of the file (ffprobe or mediainfo) but I’ve no idea how to find the length from the EPG.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-episode-length/623613/2 "2020-11-12T14:45:15Z")
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