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 @settitle ffprobe Documentation

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 @center @titlefont{ffprobe Documentation}

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 @contents
 

 @chapter Synopsis
 
 The generic syntax is:
 
 @example
 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
 ffprobe [options] [@file{input_file}]
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 @end example
 

 @chapter Description

 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
 

 ffprobe gathers information from multimedia streams and prints it in

 human- and machine-readable fashion.
 
 For example it can be used to check the format of the container used
 by a multimedia stream and the format and type of each media stream
 contained in it.
 
 If a filename is specified in input, ffprobe will try to open and
 probe the file content. If the file cannot be opened or recognized as
 a multimedia file, a positive exit code is returned.
 

 ffprobe may be employed both as a standalone application or in

 combination with a textual filter, which may perform more
 sophisticated processing, e.g. statistical processing or plotting.
 
 Options are used to list some of the formats supported by ffprobe or
 for specifying which information to display, and for setting how
 ffprobe will show it.
 

 ffprobe output is designed to be easily parsable by a textual filter,

 and consists of one or more sections of the form:
 @example
 [SECTION]
 key1=val1
 ...
 keyN=valN
 [/SECTION]
 @end example
 
 Metadata tags stored in the container or in the streams are recognized

 and printed in the corresponding "FORMAT" or "STREAM" section, and
 are prefixed by the string "TAG:".

 
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 @chapter Options

 @c man begin OPTIONS
 
 @include fftools-common-opts.texi
 
 @section Main options
 
 @table @option

 
 @item -f @var{format}
 Force format to use.
 

 @item -unit
 Show the unit of the displayed values.
 
 @item -prefix

 Use SI prefixes for the displayed values.
 Unless the "-byte_binary_prefix" option is used all the prefixes

 are decimal.
 
 @item -byte_binary_prefix
 Force the use of binary prefixes for byte values.
 
 @item -sexagesimal
 Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values.
 
 @item -pretty
 Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the

 options "-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal".

 
 @item -show_format
 Show information about the container format of the input multimedia
 stream.
 
 All the container format information is printed within a section with

 name "FORMAT".

 @item -show_packets
 Show information about each packet contained in the input multimedia
 stream.
 
 The information for each single packet is printed within a dedicated

 section with name "PACKET".

 @item -show_streams
 Show information about each media stream contained in the input
 multimedia stream.
 
 Each media stream information is printed within a dedicated section

 with name "STREAM".

 @item -i @var{input_file}
 Read @var{input_file}.
 

 @end table
 @c man end
 

 @include decoders.texi

 @include demuxers.texi

 @include protocols.texi

 @include indevs.texi
 

 @ignore
 
 @setfilename ffprobe

 @settitle ffprobe media prober

 
 @c man begin SEEALSO

 ffmpeg(1), ffplay(1), ffserver(1) and the FFmpeg HTML documentation

 @c man end
 

 @c man begin AUTHORS

 The FFmpeg developers

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