How to extract time codes from wmv files without wmvtimes (from fcchander)?

[Selur]

Only option I found was WMVTIMES.exe from ffchandler, which I would like avoid using since it crashes for me whenever I want to specify a separate output path:

WMVTimes.exe "Path to input file"

works,

WMVTimes.exe "Path to input file" "path to output file"

like the usage:

Usage is: WMVTIMES inputfile[.asf][.wmv] [outputfile[.txt]]

suggests, doesn't. (Sadly there is also no source code available and ffchandler seems to be mia for a few years now.)

Cu Selur

Ps.: ideally a solution which natively works on Linux and Windows would be preferable, but a Windows only version is okay too.

[El Heggunte]

Works correctly over here Example:

wmvtimes 666video.wmv F:\666times.txt

As a workaround, you could remux to Matroska (with ffmpeg, or via DirectShow), and then extract the timecodes with MKVtoolnix

Also, how about asking Lord Mulder to reinvent the wheel?

FWIW, he already knows how to deal with the WMA timestamps

[Selur]

"G:\Hybrid\WMVTIMES.exe" "C:\Users\Selur\Desktop\file2.wmv" "H:\Temp\timeCode.txt"

doesn't work for me.
-> does it work for you if the output name isn't also the input name (with a .txt extension)?

As a workaround, you could remux to Matroska (with ffmpeg,

I would prefer to not have to copy the original file, otherwise I could copy the file first into my temp folder and use WMVTIMES without specifying the output.

[Selur]

Found another workaround by calling ffprobe with -show_packets, and grabbing the video packets pts values. (when writing code, using av_frame_get_best_effort_timestamp() would be probably the call to use)