ffprobe

Multimedia stream analyzer.

• Display all available stream info for a media file:

ffprobe -v error -show_entries {input.mp4}

• Display media duration:

ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 {input.mp4}

• Display the frame rate of a video:

ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=avg_frame_rate -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 {input.mp4}

• Display the width or height of a video:

ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream={width|height} -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 {input.mp4}

• Display the average bit rate of a video:

ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=bit_rate -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 {input.mp4}

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