# --video-duration

Source: https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/video/video-duration/
Markdown: https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/video/video-duration/index.md
Section: [Reference](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/) › [Flags](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/) › [Video](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/video/)
CLI: `--video-duration` · REST: [`video_duration`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/server/api/schema/#video_duration)
Value: `SECONDS` · Default: `5`
License: [Standard](https://zshot-cli.com/support/licenses/standard)

Records this many seconds of video, greater than 0 and at most 3600.

The [process timeout](/reference/flags/common/timeout) defaults to ten times the duration, and at least 60 seconds.

## Example

**CLI**

```sh
zshot -f tiger.webm --video-duration 10 https://zshot-cli.com/example_assets/tiger/
```

**JSON** — `POST /` body for the [API](/reference/server/api), Pro license

```json
{
  "url": "https://zshot-cli.com/example_assets/tiger/",
  "output_type": "webm",
  "video_duration": 10
}
```

**curl**

```sh
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:3000/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://zshot-cli.com/example_assets/tiger/","output_type":"webm","video_duration":10}' \
  -o tiger.webm
```

## Related

Flags:

- [`--video-framerate`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/video/video-framerate/)
- [`--timeout`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/common/timeout/)
- [`--image-duration`](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/flags/image/image-duration/)

Topics:

- [WebM video](https://zshot-cli.com/examples/webm-video/)
- [WebM](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/formats/webm/)
- [MP4](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/formats/mp4/)
- [MKV](https://zshot-cli.com/reference/formats/mkv/)

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