Collection of ffprobe output examples

[peter_b]

Here I'll collect some use-case and parameter examples for FFmpeg's "ffprobe" command.
Mainly it's for myself, because I'm too bad at remembering the right arguments to use
And most of them are taken from "FFprobeTips" article on FFmpeg's wiki.
(But I like backup copies )

Plain "name=value" output:

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$ ffprobe -v error -show_format -show_streams $VIDEO_FILE

Output the duration of the video in a timecode format: "h:mm:ss.xxxxxx"

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$ ffprobe_git -v error -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 -sexagesimal $VIDEO_FILE

Output the framerate of the first video stream:

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$ ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=avg_frame_rate -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 $VIDEO_FILE