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5 commands for ffmpeg inspection

// inspection

5 commands
Get video file information
$ ffprobe input.mp4
Get video stream details like codec and resolution
$ ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=codec_name,width,height,r_frame_rate -of csv=p=0 input.mp4
Get audio stream details
$ ffprobe -v error -select_streams a:0 -show_entries stream=codec_name,sample_rate,channels -of csv=p=0 input.mp4
Read and display all metadata tags
$ ffprobe -v error -show_entries format_tags -of default=noprint_wrappers=1 input.mp4
Check video duration
$ ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of csv=p=0 input.mp4

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