diff --git a/source/Ox.UI/Ox.UI.js b/source/Ox.UI/Ox.UI.js
index b9a941d6..3b3bd754 100644
--- a/source/Ox.UI/Ox.UI.js
+++ b/source/Ox.UI/Ox.UI.js
@@ -371,40 +371,6 @@ Ox.load.UI = function(options, callback) {
             }
         });
         /*@
-        Ox.UI.getVideoFormat <f> Get supported video formats
-            (formats) -> <a> of supported formats
-            formats <a> list of available formats
-        @*/
-        Ox.UI.getVideoFormat = function(formats) {
-            var aliases = {
-                    'mp4': 'h264',
-                    'm4v': 'h264',
-                    'ogv': 'ogg'
-                },
-                format,
-                tests = {
-                    'h264': 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"',
-                    'ogg': 'video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"',
-                    'webm': 'video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"'
-                },
-                userAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(),
-                video = document.createElement('video');
-            Ox.forEach(formats, function(f) {
-                var alias = aliases[f] || f;
-                if (!!(video.canPlayType && video.canPlayType(tests[alias]).replace('no', ''))) {
-                    // disable WebM on Safari/Perian, seeking does not work
-                    if (!(
-                        alias == 'webm' && /safari/.test(userAgent)
-                        && !/chrome/.test(userAgent) && !/linux/.test(userAgent)
-                    )) {
-                        format = f;
-                        return false; // break
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-            return format;
-        };
-        /*@
         Ox.UI.hideLoadingScreen <f> hide loading screen
             () -> <u> hide loading screen
         @*/
diff --git a/source/Ox/js/Video.js b/source/Ox/js/Video.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd1e9a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Ox/js/Video.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/*@
+Ox.getVideoFormat <f> Get supported video formats
+    (formats) -> <a> of supported formats
+    formats <a> list of available formats
+@*/
+Ox.getVideoFormat = function(formats) {
+    var aliases = {
+            'mp4': 'h264',
+            'm4v': 'h264',
+            'ogv': 'ogg'
+        },
+        format,
+        tests = {
+            'h264': 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"',
+            'ogg': 'video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"',
+            'webm': 'video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"'
+        },
+        userAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(),
+        video = document.createElement('video');
+    Ox.forEach(formats, function(f) {
+        var alias = aliases[f] || f;
+        if (!!(video.canPlayType && video.canPlayType(tests[alias]).replace('no', ''))) {
+            // disable WebM on Safari/Perian, seeking does not work
+            if (!(
+                alias == 'webm' && /safari/.test(userAgent)
+                && !/chrome/.test(userAgent) && !/linux/.test(userAgent)
+            )) {
+                format = f;
+                return false; // break
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    return format;
+};
+
+
+/*@
+Ox.getVideoInfo <f>
+    url <s> video url
+    callback <f> gets called with object containing duration, width, height
+@*/
+
+Ox.getVideoInfo = Ox.queue(function(url, callback) {
+    var video = document.createElement('video');
+    video.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', function(event) {
+        var info = {
+            duration: this.duration,
+            widht: this.videoWidth,
+            height: this.videoHeight,
+        };
+        this.src = '';
+        callback(info);
+        video = null;
+    });
+    video.preload = 'metadata';
+    video.src = url;
+}, {
+    maxThreads: 4
+});