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\input texinfo @c -*- texinfo -*-
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@settitle FFprobe Documentation
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@titlepage
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@sp 7
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@center @titlefont{FFprobe Documentation}
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@sp 3
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@end titlepage
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@chapter Introduction
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@c man begin DESCRIPTION
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FFprobe gathers information from multimedia streams and prints it in
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human- and machine-readable fashion.
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For example it can be used to check the format of the container used
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by a multimedia stream and the format and type of each media stream
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contained in it.
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If a filename is specified in input, ffprobe will try to open and
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probe the file content. If the file cannot be opened or recognized as
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a multimedia file, a positive exit code is returned.
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FFprobe may be employed both as a standalone application or in
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combination with a textual filter, which may perform more
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sophisticated processing, e.g. statistical processing or plotting.
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Options are used to list some of the formats supported by ffprobe or
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for specifying which information to display, and for setting how
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ffprobe will show it.
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FFprobe output is designed to be easily parsable by a textual filter,
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and consists of one or more sections of the form:
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@example
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[SECTION]
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key1=val1
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...
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keyN=valN
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[/SECTION]
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@end example
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Metadata tags stored in the container or in the streams are recognized
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and printed in the corresponding ``FORMAT'' or ``STREAM'' section, and
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are prefixed by the string ``TAG:''.
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@c man end
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@chapter Invocation
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@section Syntax
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The generic syntax is:
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@example
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@c man begin SYNOPSIS
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ffprobe [options] [@file{input_file}]
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@c man end
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@end example
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@c man begin OPTIONS
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@include fftools-common-opts.texi
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@section Main options
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@table @option
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@item -f @var{format}
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Force format to use.
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@item -unit
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Show the unit of the displayed values.
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@item -prefix
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Show a SI prefixes of the displayed values.
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Unless ``-byte_binary_prefix'' option is used all the prefix
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are decimal.
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@item -byte_binary_prefix
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Force the use of binary prefixes for byte values.
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@item -sexagesimal
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Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values.
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@item -pretty
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Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the
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options ``-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal''.
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@item -show_format
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Show information about the container format of the input multimedia
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stream.
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All the container format information is printed within a section with
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name ``FORMAT''.
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@item -show_streams
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Show information about each media stream contained in the input
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multimedia stream.
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Each media stream information is printed within a dedicated section
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with name ``STREAM''.
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@end table
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@c man end
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@ignore
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@setfilename ffprobe
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@settitle FFprobe media prober
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@c man begin SEEALSO
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ffmpeg(1), ffplay(1), ffserver(1)
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@c man end
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@end ignore
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@bye
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