import cStringIO
import hexagonitswfheader
import traceback

# to all out there who write libraries:
# hexagonit.swfheader is a perfect library. it is how you are supposed to do it.
def GetFlashProperties( file ):
    
    f = cStringIO.StringIO( file )
    
    metadata = hexagonitswfheader.parse( f )
    
    width = metadata[ 'width' ]
    height = metadata[ 'height' ]
    
    num_frames = metadata[ 'frames' ]
    fps = metadata[ 'fps' ]
    
    duration = ( 1000 * num_frames ) / fps
    
    return ( ( width, height ), duration, num_frames )