diff --git a/server/src/modules/models/video/controller.js b/server/src/modules/models/video/controller.js
index 565e334..f4508d1 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/models/video/controller.js
+++ b/server/src/modules/models/video/controller.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const { validate } = require('./request');
 const { Video, name } = require('./model');
 const { VIDEO_QUEUE_EVENTS: QUEUE_EVENTS } = require('../../queues/constants');
 const { addQueueItem } = require('../../queues/queue');
+const { getVideoDurations } = require('../../queues/video-processor');
 
 const { getFakeVideosData } = require('./data');
 
@@ -130,14 +131,16 @@ const setupRoutes = (app) => {
 
   app.post(`${BASE_URL}/upload`, uploadProcessor, async (req, res) => {
     try {
-      console.log('POST upload', JSON.stringify(req.body));
+
+      const videoDurations = await getVideoDurations(`./${req.file.path}`)
       const dbPayload = {
         ...req.body,
         fileName: req.file.filename,
         originalName: req.file.originalname,
         recordingDate: new Date(),
         videoLink: req.file.path,
-        viewCount:0
+        viewCount:0,
+        durations:videoDurations
       };
       console.log('dbPayload', dbPayload);
       // TODO: save the file info and get the id from the database
diff --git a/server/src/modules/models/video/schema.js b/server/src/modules/models/video/schema.js
index a27bb5e..4046027 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/models/video/schema.js
+++ b/server/src/modules/models/video/schema.js
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ const updateSchema = async (db) => {
           minimum: 0,
           description: "must be an integer",
         },
+        durations: {
+          bsonType: "double",
+          minimum: 0.0,
+          description: "video durations in second. Must be a double",
+        },
         visibility: {
           enum: VIDEO_VISIBILITIES,
           description: "can only be one of the enum values and is required",
diff --git a/server/src/modules/queues/video-processor.js b/server/src/modules/queues/video-processor.js
index 32f32db..6105035 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/queues/video-processor.js
+++ b/server/src/modules/queues/video-processor.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 /** execute function will take a filePath and run  ffmpeg command to convert it to mp4 */
-const ffmpegInstaller = require("@ffmpeg-installer/ffmpeg");
 const ffmpeg = require("fluent-ffmpeg");
+
+const ffmpegInstaller = require("@ffmpeg-installer/ffmpeg");
 ffmpeg.setFfmpegPath(ffmpegInstaller.path);
-console.log(ffmpegInstaller.path, ffmpegInstaller.version);
+
+const ffprobeInstaller = require('@ffprobe-installer/ffprobe');
+ffmpeg.setFfprobePath(ffprobeInstaller.path);
+
 const path = require("path");
 const { VIDEO_QUEUE_EVENTS: QUEUE_EVENTS } = require("./constants");
 const { addQueueItem } = require("./queue");
@@ -102,4 +106,20 @@ const processMp4ToHls = async (filePath, outputFolder, jobData) => {
     return;
 };
 
-module.exports = { processRawFileToMp4, processMp4ToHls, generateThumbnail };
+const getVideoDurations = (filePath) => {
+    
+    return new Promise((resolve,reject) => {
+        let durations = 0.0
+         ffmpeg.ffprobe(filePath, function(err, metadata) {
+            if(!err){
+                durations = metadata.format.duration
+            }
+            resolve(durations)
+        });
+    })
+
+
+}
+
+
+module.exports = { processRawFileToMp4, processMp4ToHls, generateThumbnail, getVideoDurations };