mismatch between calculated and reported Framerate using VideoReader

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I am trying to process video data (wmv format) recorded using a standard consumer grade camera using Matlab (R2014a, on Linux/Ubuntu) using VideoReader
vr = VideoReader('my_movie_file.wmv')
frames = read(vr); % read all frames
size(frames, 4) % gives 4025
vr.NumberOfFrames % gives 4025
vr.Duration % gives 134.7950
vr.FrameRate % gives 15
Now, this does not compute!
I.e,
round(vr.FrameRate*vr.Duration) % gives 2022,
which is half the size of vr.NumberOfFrames -- which means that the reported FrameRate is 1/2 the "calculated" value!
What am I missing?? All help will be appreciated.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 22 Mar 2016
Is the file variable framerate? If so then the reported framerate might be the last one in the file (the one in effect at the time you queried)
KV
KV on 23 Mar 2016
Yes, Walter -- the file does have variable frame rate. Is there any way I can get information about "timestamps" on a per-frame basis?

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