diff --git a/ethon/pyfunc.py b/ethon/pyfunc.py
index 6e195d1..e2aeb87 100644
--- a/ethon/pyfunc.py
+++ b/ethon/pyfunc.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def bash(cmd):
     return output, error
 
 #to get width, height and duration(in sec) of a video
-def video_metadata(file):
+def videometadata(file):
     vcap = cv2.VideoCapture(f'{file}')  
     width = round(vcap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH ))
     height = round(vcap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT ))
@@ -38,3 +38,32 @@ def video_metadata(file):
     duration = round(frame_count / fps)
     data = {'width' : width, 'height' : height, 'duration' : duration }
     return data
+
+def video_metadata(file):
+    height = 720
+    width = 1280
+    duration = 0
+    try:
+        height, width, duration = findVideoResolution(file)
+        if duration == 0:
+            data = videometadata(file)
+            duration = data["duration"]
+            if duration is None:
+                duration = 0
+    except Exception as e:
+        try: 
+            if 'height' in str(e):
+                data = videometadata(file)
+                height = data["height"]
+                width = data["width"]
+                duration = duration(file)
+                if duration == 0:
+                    data = videometadata(file)
+                    duration = data["duration"]
+                    if duration is None:
+                        duration = 0
+        except exception as e:
+            print(e)
+            height, width, duration = 720, 1280, 0
+    data = {'width' : width, 'height' : height, 'duration' : duration }
+    return data