can FFMPEG output info from video?

[squadjot]

Hi Guys

I don't know too much about FFMPEG, so hope u can help me with this basic question:

Can FFMPEG read an videofile, and output the data you need to i.e. a textfile

data like fps, width, height etc etc.

If yes, can you give me pointers how to?

[45tripp]

well it gives the basic info you need in the output console.

just use

ffmpeg -i input.avi

to get it into a text file, run it from a batch with this:

ffmpeg -i input.avi>info.txt 2>>&1

there's a tool based on ffmpeg, called ffprobe
which is specifically to get info,
but you have to compile it yourself.

gl

[squadjot]

hey 45tripp - Thanks

If anyone have a precompiled version of this ffprobe that they wanna share, please speak up =)

[45tripp]

well here's one if you're still interested.

http://www.mediafire.com/?cxxwm3bnj4y


tripp