command line tool for retrieving avi information

[zap91284]

I'm making a script to convert avi to DVD, and I need a way to get the information from an AVI one piece at a time from command line (like audio format, resolution, etc.). Anyone have any ideas?

[sk545]

i dunno if this is what you're looking for:

http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/man1/tcprobe.1.html

tcprobe is part of transcode package, so i think you have to install transcode in order to use it.

usage is like this:

$ tcprobe -i <filename>

[Airr]

MPGTX

http://mpgtx.sourceforge.net/

Standalone app, with a bunch of features.

For getting file info, syntax is:

mpgtx -i <filename>

AIR.

[sk545]

true, but that only works with mpeg files, i think.

[Airr]

true, but that only works with mpeg files, i think.

Oops, that's what I get for posting at 4:20am....

[sk545]

no worries, at least it works with mpegs..