Show movie duration in finder

Hi all,
Is there a way to make Finder show the length of movie files in a folder, either as a column in list view or underneath the filename, similar to the way it shows image dimensions? This seems to be working on a folder full of .mp4 files I have, but if the formats are mixed, no dice.
All help appreciated.

MikkyX,
By default QuickTime can play mp4 files so it can calculate duration of the movie. If the video format is something that QuickTime cant read, then movie duration will not be shown.
Mostly you must be having other player to play other video formats like AVI or MKV or anything. If you are having plugins for QuickTime to play these files also then it should show duration in the finder.
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