diff --git a/source/Ox.UI/js/Video/VideoElement.js b/source/Ox.UI/js/Video/VideoElement.js
index ca583d84..97f0e105 100644
--- a/source/Ox.UI/js/Video/VideoElement.js
+++ b/source/Ox.UI/js/Video/VideoElement.js
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ Ox.VideoElement = function(options, self) {
                     i++;
                     next()
                 } else {
-                    Ox.Log('VIDEO', 'getVideoInfo', item.src);
                     Ox.getVideoInfo(item.src, function(info) {
                         item.duration = info.duration;
                         if (!item.out) {
diff --git a/source/Ox/js/Video.js b/source/Ox/js/Video.js
index b814878b..a8f2252a 100644
--- a/source/Ox/js/Video.js
+++ b/source/Ox/js/Video.js
@@ -41,17 +41,25 @@ Ox.getVideoInfo <f>
     callback <f> gets called with object containing duration, width, height
 @*/
 Ox.getVideoInfo = Ox.queue(function(url, callback) {
+    // append video element to $body to work around a
+    // bug in Chrome where loadedmetadata is not fired
+    // reliably if video element is not in the DOM.
+    Ox.Log('VIDEO', 'getVideoInfo', url);
     var video = document.createElement('video');
     video.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', function(event) {
+        Ox.Log('VIDEO', 'getVideoInfo done', url);
         var info = {
             duration: this.duration,
             widht: this.videoWidth,
             height: this.videoHeight,
         };
         this.src = '';
+        Ox.$(video).remove();
         video = null;
         callback(info);
     });
     video.preload = 'metadata';
     video.src = url;
+    video.style.display = 'none';
+    Ox.$body.append(video);
 }, 4);