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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _get_video_info(self):
 """ Returns basic information about the video as dictionary. """

        if not hasattr(self, '_info_cache'):
            encoding_backend = get_backend()
            try:
                path = os.path.abspath(self.path)
            except AttributeError:
                path = os.path.abspath(self.name)
            self._info_cache = encoding_backend.get_media_info(path)
        return self._info_cache