ffmpeg version N-90480-ge5819fa629 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 7.3.0 (GCC) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libmysofa --enable-libspeex --enable-libxvid --enable-libmfx --enable-amf --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-nvenc --enable-nvdec --enable-dxva2 --enable-avisynth libavutil 56. 12.100 / 56. 12.100 libavcodec 58. 16.100 / 58. 16.100 libavformat 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100 libavdevice 58. 2.100 / 58. 2.100 libavfilter 7. 13.100 / 7. 13.100 libswscale 5. 0.102 / 5. 0.102 libswresample 3. 0.101 / 3. 0.101 libpostproc 55. 0.100 / 55. 0.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'input.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 creation_time : 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z encoder : Lavf53.24.2 Duration: 00:00:05.31, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1589 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1205 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn, 50 tbc (default) Metadata: creation_time : 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z handler_name : VideoHandler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 384 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z handler_name : SoundHandler Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> wrapped_avframe (native)) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> pcm_s16le (native)) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help Output #0, null, to '/dev/null': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf58.10.100 Stream #0:0(und): Video: wrapped_avframe, yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbn, 25 tbc (default) Metadata: creation_time : 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z handler_name : VideoHandler encoder : Lavc58.16.100 wrapped_avframe Stream #0:1(und): Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 4608 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z handler_name : SoundHandler encoder : Lavc58.16.100 pcm_s16le frame= 132 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:05.31 bitrate=N/A speed=11.8x video:69kB audio:2988kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
ffprobe is specially intended to get video information Show Sample Output
MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. (sudo apt install mediainfo)
Works on *.mp4 as well. Show Sample Output
ffprobe doesn't throw an error and was actually made to do exactly that. Usually ffprobe is located in the same folder as ffmpeg. https://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html#Description
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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