diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/corecomponents/DataContentViewerMedia.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/corecomponents/DataContentViewerMedia.java
index 200215a703..ed4dd88741 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/corecomponents/DataContentViewerMedia.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/corecomponents/DataContentViewerMedia.java
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ public class DataContentViewerMedia extends javax.swing.JPanel implements DataCo
             } else if (state.equals(State.READY)) {
                 ExtractMedia em = new ExtractMedia(currentFile, getJFile(currentFile));
                 em.execute();
+                em.getExtractedBytes();
             }
         }
     }//GEN-LAST:event_pauseButtonActionPerformed
@@ -483,14 +484,21 @@ public class DataContentViewerMedia extends javax.swing.JPanel implements DataCo
         boolean success = false;
         private AbstractFile sFile;
         private java.io.File jFile;
-        String duration;
-        String position;
+        private String duration;
+        private String position;
+        private long extractedBytes;
 
         ExtractMedia(org.sleuthkit.datamodel.AbstractFile sFile, java.io.File jFile) {
             this.sFile = sFile;
             this.jFile = jFile;
         }
 
+        public long getExtractedBytes() {
+            return extractedBytes;
+        }
+        
+        
+
         @Override
         protected Object doInBackground() throws Exception {
             success = false;
@@ -504,7 +512,7 @@ public class DataContentViewerMedia extends javax.swing.JPanel implements DataCo
             progress.start();
             progress.switchToDeterminate(100);
             try {
-                ContentUtils.writeToFile(sFile, jFile, progress, this, true);
+                extractedBytes = ContentUtils.writeToFile(sFile, jFile, progress, this, true);
             } catch (IOException ex) {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error buffering file", ex);
             }
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ContentUtils.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ContentUtils.java
index b9edc9ac43..1a804bf6b0 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ContentUtils.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ContentUtils.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public final class ContentUtils {
     private static final int TO_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;
 
     /**
-     * Reads all the data from any content object and writes it to a file.
+     * Reads all the data from any content object and writes (extracts) it to a file.
      *
      * @param content Any content object.
      * @param outputFile Will be created if it doesn't exist, and overwritten if
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@ public final class ContentUtils {
      * @param worker the swing worker background thread the process runs within,
      * or null, if in the main thread, used to handle task cancellation
      * @param source true if source file
+     * @return number of bytes extracted
      * @throws IOException if file could not be written
      */
-    public static void writeToFile(Content content, java.io.File outputFile,
+    public static long writeToFile(Content content, java.io.File outputFile,
             ProgressHandle progress, SwingWorker worker, boolean source) throws IOException {
 
         InputStream in = new ReadContentInputStream(content);
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ public final class ContentUtils {
         } finally {
             out.close();
         }
+        return totalRead;
     }
 
     public static void writeToFile(Content content, java.io.File outputFile) throws IOException {