diff --git a/ThumbnailGenerator b/ThumbnailGenerator
index 3196ede..b557850 100755
Binary files a/ThumbnailGenerator and b/ThumbnailGenerator differ
diff --git a/src/Main.cpp b/src/Main.cpp
index 3d07aa1..590fd1f 100644
--- a/src/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/Main.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   std::unique_ptr<ThumbnailGenerator> thumbnailGenerator =
       std::make_unique<ThumbnailGenerator>();
 
-  thumbnailGenerator->readVideoFrames(input_file_path);
+  int duration = thumbnailGenerator->get_duration(input_file_path);
+  std::cout << "duration: " << duration << std::endl;
+
+  // thumbnailGenerator->read_video_frames(input_file_path);
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/ThumbnailGenerator.cpp b/src/ThumbnailGenerator.cpp
index 1843e19..5b6787c 100644
--- a/src/ThumbnailGenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/ThumbnailGenerator.cpp
@@ -11,12 +11,36 @@ extern "C" {
 
 ThumbnailGenerator::ThumbnailGenerator() { av_register_all(); }
 
-std::string ThumbnailGenerator::generateThumbnail(std::string path) {
+int ThumbnailGenerator::get_duration_microseconds(std::string input_file_path) {
+  // Open input file and allocate format context
+  AVFormatContext *format_ctx = nullptr;
+  int ret = avformat_open_input(&format_ctx, input_file_path.c_str(), nullptr,
+                                nullptr);
+  if (ret < 0) {
+    std::cerr << "Could not open input file: " << input_file_path << std::endl;
+    // char buff[256];
+    // av_strerror(ret, buff, 256);
+    // printf(buff);
+
+    std::cerr << "Error: " << ret << std::endl;
+    AVERROR(ret);
+
+    throw std::runtime_error("Could not open input file");
+  }
+
+  int duration = format_ctx->duration;
+
+  avformat_close_input(&format_ctx);
+
+  return duration;
+}
+
+std::string ThumbnailGenerator::generate_thumbnail(std::string path) {
   std::cout << "generateThumbnail: " << path << std::endl;
   return "generateThumbnail: " + path;
 }
 
-void ThumbnailGenerator::readVideoFrames(std::string input_file_path) {
+void ThumbnailGenerator::read_video_frames(std::string input_file_path) {
   std::cout << "readVideoFrames: " << input_file_path << std::endl;
 
   // Open input file and allocate format context
diff --git a/src/include/ThumbnailGenerator.hpp b/src/include/ThumbnailGenerator.hpp
index 15d20f8..25fef55 100644
--- a/src/include/ThumbnailGenerator.hpp
+++ b/src/include/ThumbnailGenerator.hpp
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ class ThumbnailGenerator {
 public:
   ThumbnailGenerator();
   // given a path to a video file, generate a thumbnail
-  std::string generateThumbnail(std::string path);
+  std::string generate_thumbnail(std::string path);
 
   // reads and simply prints out information about the video frames
-  void readVideoFrames(std::string path);
+  void read_video_frames(std::string path);
+
+  int get_duration_microseconds(std::string path);
 private:
 };