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ffprobe [2023-06-08 15:10:59] (current)
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 The normal text output of ''​ffprobe''​ goes to stderr, so you usually need to add ''​2>&​1''​ to parse the output. The alternative is to use the complex ffprobe options to format the output which then goes to stdout. The normal text output of ''​ffprobe''​ goes to stderr, so you usually need to add ''​2>&​1''​ to parse the output. The alternative is to use the complex ffprobe options to format the output which then goes to stdout.
 +
 +Start with a look at this page: https://​trac.ffmpeg.org/​wiki/​FFprobeTips
  
 ===== Show metadata tags===== ===== Show metadata tags=====
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 ===== Show video format===== ===== Show video format=====
  
-  ffprobe -v quiet -select_streams v -show_entries stream=codec_name,​height,​width,​pix_fmt -of csv=p=0 "​$in"​+  ffprobe -v warning ​-select_streams v -show_entries stream=codec_name,​height,​width,​pix_fmt -of csv=p=0 "​$in"​ 
 + 
 +===== Has alpha channel? ===== 
 + 
 +https://​stackoverflow.com/​questions/​69029439/​a-good-way-to-detect-alpha-channel-in-a-video-using-ffmpeg-ffprobe
  
 +<code bash>for f in *.mov; do
 +  pixfmt=$(ffprobe -v 0 -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=pix_fmt -of compact=p=0:​nk=1 "​$f"​)
 +  alpha=$(ffprobe -v 0 -show_entries pixel_format=name:​flags=alpha -of compact=p=0 ​ | grep "​$pixfmt|"​ | grep -oP "​(?<​=alpha=)\d"​)
 +  if (( alpha )); then echo "$f : yes, has alpha";​ else echo "$f : NO"; fi
 +done
 +</​code>​
 ===== List audio tracks ===== ===== List audio tracks =====
  
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