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Implement video duration extraction for Non-YouTube-hosted content
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Description
Description
To collect the duration of all videos in a course, we can continue by retrieving information for Non-YouTube-hosted videos. The process should be asynchronous to avoid negatively impacting the user experience, especially due to the latency of external API requests.
Acceptance Criteria
- Retrieve video duration using the scrapping or another external tool like
ffprobe - Trigger an asynchronous task via Celery when
XBLOCK_UPDATEDis received - Store the duration value in the module store
This issue depends of https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/issues/36988
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Research direction
Start by tracing the XBLOCK_UPDATED handling and reviewing the related work in issue 36988. Identify the existing module-store update path and Celery task conventions, then verify that a non-YouTube duration is retrieved asynchronously and stored in the module store.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100