Simple multimedia streams analyzer
usage: ffprobe [OPTIONS] [INPUT_FILE]
Main options:
-L show license
-h topic show help
-? topic show help
-help topic show help
--help topic show help
-version show version
-buildconf show build configuration
-formats show available formats
-muxers show available muxers
-demuxers show available demuxers
-devices show available devices
-codecs show available codecs
-decoders show available decoders
-encoders show available encoders
-bsfs show available bit stream filters
-protocols show available protocols
-filters show available filters
-pix_fmts show available pixel formats
-layouts show standard channel layouts
-sample_fmts show available audio sample formats
-colors show available color names
-loglevel loglevel set logging level
-v loglevel set logging level
-report generate a report
-max_alloc bytes set maximum size of a single allocated block
-cpuflags flags force specific cpu flags
-hide_banner hide_banner do not show program banner
-sources device list sources of the input device
-sinks device list sinks of the output device
-f format force format
-unit show unit of the displayed values
-prefix use SI prefixes for the displayed values
-byte_binary_prefix use binary prefixes for byte units
-sexagesimal use sexagesimal format HOURS:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time units
-pretty prettify the format of displayed values, make it more human readable
-print_format format set the output printing format (available formats are: default, compact, csv, flat, ini, json, xml)
-of format alias for -print_format
-select_streams stream_specifier select the specified streams
-sections print sections structure and section information, and exit
-show_data show packets data
-show_data_hash show packets data hash
-show_error show probing error
-show_format show format/container info
-show_frames show frames info
-show_format_entry entry show a particular entry from the format/container info
-show_entries entry_list show a set of specified entries
-show_log show log
-show_packets show packets info
-show_programs show programs info
-show_streams show streams info
-show_chapters show chapters info
-count_frames count the number of frames per stream
-count_packets count the number of packets per stream
-show_program_version show ffprobe version
-show_library_versions show library versions
-show_versions show program and library versions
-show_pixel_formats show pixel format descriptions
-show_private_data show private data
-private same as show_private_data
-bitexact force bitexact output
-read_intervals read_intervals set read intervals
-default generic catch all option
-i input_file read specified file
-find_stream_info read and decode the streams to fill missing information with heuristics
AVFormatContext AVOptions:
-avioflags <flags> ED....... (default 0)
direct ED....... reduce buffering
-probesize <int64> .D....... set probing size (from 32 to I64_MAX) (default 5e+06)
-formatprobesize <int> .D....... number of bytes to probe file format (from 0 to 2.14748e+09) (default 1.04858e+06)
-fflags <flags> ED....... (default autobsf)
ignidx .D....... ignore index
genpts .D....... generate pts
nofillin .D....... do not fill in missing values that can be exactly calculated
noparse .D....... disable AVParsers, this needs nofillin too
igndts .D....... ignore dts
discardcorrupt .D....... discard corrupted frames
sortdts .D....... try to interleave outputted packets by dts
keepside .D....... deprecated, does nothing
fastseek .D....... fast but inaccurate seeks
nobuffer .D....... reduce the latency introduced by optional buffering
-seek2any <boolean> .D....... allow seeking to non-keyframes on demuxer level when supported (default false)
-analyzeduration <int64> .D....... specify how many microseconds are analyzed to probe the input (from 0 to I64_MAX) (default 0)
-cryptokey <binary> .D....... decryption key
-indexmem <int> .D....... max memory used for timestamp index (per stream) (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 1.04858e+06)
-rtbufsize <int> .D....... max memory used for buffering real-time frames (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 3.04128e+06)
-fdebug <flags> ED....... print specific debug info (default 0)
ts ED.......
-max_delay <int> ED....... maximum muxing or demuxing delay in microseconds (from -1 to INT_MAX) (default -1)
-fpsprobesize <int> .D....... number of frames used to probe fps (from -1 to 2.14748e+09) (default -1)
-f_err_detect <flags> .D....... set error detection flags (deprecated; use err_detect, save via avconv) (default crccheck)
crccheck .D....... verify embedded CRCs
bitstream .D....... detect bitstream specification deviations
buffer .D....... detect improper bitstream length
explode .D....... abort decoding on minor error detection
ignore_err .D....... ignore errors
careful .D....... consider things that violate the spec, are fast to check and have not been seen in the wild as errors
compliant .D....... consider all spec non compliancies as errors
aggressive .D....... consider things that a sane encoder shouldn't do as an error
-err_detect <flags> .D....... set error detection flags (default crccheck)
crccheck .D....... verify embedded CRCs
bitstream .D....... detect bitstream specification deviations
buffer .D....... detect improper bitstream length
explode .D....... abort decoding on minor error detection
ignore_err .D....... ignore errors
careful .D....... consider things that violate the spec, are fast to check and have not been seen in the wild as errors
compliant .D....... consider all spec non compliancies as errors
aggressive .D....... consider things that a sane encoder shouldn't do as an error
-use_wallclock_as_timestamps <boolean> .D....... use wallclock as timestamps (default false)
-skip_initial_bytes <int64> .D....... set number of bytes to skip before reading header and frames (from 0 to I64_MAX) (default 0)
-correct_ts_overflow <boolean> .D....... correct single timestamp overflows (default true)
-f_strict <int> ED....... how strictly to follow the standards (deprecated; use strict, save via avconv) (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default normal)
very ED....... strictly conform to a older more strict version of the spec or reference software
strict ED....... strictly conform to all the things in the spec no matter what the consequences
normal ED.......
unofficial ED....... allow unofficial extensions
experimental ED....... allow non-standardized experimental variants
-strict <int> ED....... how strictly to follow the standards (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default normal)
very ED....... strictly conform to a older more strict version of the spec or reference software
strict ED....... strictly conform to all the things in the spec no matter what the consequences
normal ED.......
unofficial ED....... allow unofficial extensions
experimental ED....... allow non-standardized experimental variants
-max_ts_probe <int> .D....... maximum number of packets to read while waiting for the first timestamp (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 50)
-dump_separator <string> ED....... set information dump field separator (default ", ")
-codec_whitelist <string> .D....... List of decoders that are allowed to be used
-format_whitelist <string> .D....... List of demuxers that are allowed to be used
-protocol_whitelist <string> .D....... List of protocols that are allowed to be used
-protocol_blacklist <string> .D....... List of protocols that are not allowed to be used
-max_streams <int> .D....... maximum number of streams (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 1000)
AVIOContext AVOptions:
-protocol_whitelist <string> .D....... List of protocols that are allowed to be used
URLContext AVOptions:
-protocol_whitelist <string> .D....... List of protocols that are allowed to be used
-protocol_blacklist <string> .D....... List of protocols that are not allowed to be used
-rw_timeout <int64> ED....... Timeout for IO operations (in microseconds) (from 0 to I64_MAX) (default 0)
Async AVOptions:
bluray AVOptions:
-playlist <int> .D....... (from -1 to 99999) (default -1)
-angle <int> .D....... (from 0 to 254) (default 0)
-chapter <int> .D....... (from 1 to 65534) (default 1)
Cache AVOptions:
-read_ahead_limit <int> .D....... Amount in bytes that may be read ahead when seeking isn't supported, -1 for unlimited (from -1 to INT_MAX) (default 65536)
crypto AVOptions:
-key <binary> ED....... AES encryption/decryption key
-iv <binary> ED....... AES encryption/decryption initialization vector
-decryption_key <binary> .D....... AES decryption key
-decryption_iv <binary> .D....... AES decryption initialization vector
ffrtmpcrypt AVOptions:
-ffrtmpcrypt_tunneling <int> .D....... Use a HTTP tunneling connection (RTMPTE). (from 0 to 1) (default 0)
ffrtmphttp AVOptions:
-ffrtmphttp_tls <boolean> .D....... Use a HTTPS tunneling connection (RTMPTS). (default false)
file AVOptions:
-follow <int> .D....... Follow a file as it is being written (from 0 to 1) (default 0)
ftp AVOptions:
-timeout <int> ED....... set timeout of socket I/O operations (from -1 to INT_MAX) (default -1)
-ftp-anonymous-password <string> ED....... password for anonymous login. E-mail address should be used.
http AVOptions:
-seekable <boolean> .D....... control seekability of connection (default auto)
-http_proxy <string> ED....... set HTTP proxy to tunnel through
-headers <string> ED....... set custom HTTP headers, can override built in default headers
-content_type <string> ED....... set a specific content type for the POST messages
-user_agent <string> .D....... override User-Agent header (default "Lavf/58.12.100")
-referer <string> .D....... override referer header
-user-agent <string> .D....... override User-Agent header (default "Lavf/58.12.100")
-multiple_requests <boolean> ED....... use persistent connections (default false)
-post_data <binary> ED....... set custom HTTP post data
-cookies <string> .D....... set cookies to be sent in applicable future requests, use newline delimited Set-Cookie HTTP field value syntax
-icy <boolean> .D....... request ICY metadata (default true)
-auth_type <int> ED....... HTTP authentication type (from 0 to 1) (default none)
none ED....... No auth method set, autodetect
basic ED....... HTTP basic authentication
-location <string> ED....... The actual location of the data received
-offset <int64> .D....... initial byte offset (from 0 to I64_MAX) (default 0)
-end_offset <int64> .D....... try to limit the request to bytes preceding this offset (from 0 to I64_MAX) (default 0)
-method <string> ED....... Override the HTTP method or set the expected HTTP method from a client
-reconnect <boolean> .D....... auto reconnect after disconnect before EOF (default false)
-reconnect_at_eof <boolean> .D....... auto reconnect at EOF (default false)
-reconnect_streamed <boolean> .D....... auto reconnect streamed / non seekable streams (default false)
-reconnect_delay_max <int> .D....... max reconnect delay in seconds after which to give up (from 0 to 4294) (default 120)
-listen <int> ED....... listen on HTTP (from 0 to 2) (default 0)
https AVOptions:
-seekable <boolean> .D....... control seekability of connection (default auto)
-http_proxy <string> ED....... set HTTP proxy to tunnel through
-headers <string> ED....... set custom HTTP headers, can override built in default headers
-content_type <string> ED....... set a specific content type for the POST messages
-user_agent <string> .D....... override User-Agent header (default "Lavf/58.12.100")
-referer <string> .D....... override referer header
-user-agent <string> .D....... override User-Agent header (default "Lavf/58.12.100")
-multiple_requests <boolean> ED....... use persistent connections (default false)
-post_data <binary> ED....... set custom HTTP post data
-cookies <string> .D....... set cookies to be sent in applicable future requests, use newline delimited Set-Cookie HTTP field value syntax
-icy <boolean> .D....... request ICY metadata (default true)
-auth_type <int> ED....... HTTP authentication type (from 0 to 1) (default none)
none ED....... No auth method set, autodetect
basic ED....... HTTP basic authentication
-location <string> ED....... The actual location of the data received
-offset <int64> .D....... initial byte offset (from 0 to I64_MAX) (default 0)
-end_offset <int64> .D....... try to limit the request to bytes preceding this offset (from 0 to I64_MAX) (default 0)
-method <string> ED....... Override the HTTP method or set the expected HTTP method from a client
-reconnect <boolean> .D....... auto reconnect after disconnect before EOF (default false)
-reconnect_at_eof <boolean> .D....... auto reconnect at EOF (default false)
-reconnect_streamed <boolean> .D....... auto reconnect streamed / non seekable streams (default false)
-reconnect_delay_max <int> .D....... max reconnect delay in seconds after which to give up (from 0 to 4294) (default 120)
-listen <int> ED....... listen on HTTP (from 0 to 2) (default 0)
icecast AVOptions:
pipe AVOptions:
prompeg AVOptions:
rtmp AVOptions:
-rtmp_app <string> ED....... Name of application to connect to on the RTMP server
-rtmp_buffer <int> ED....... Set buffer time in milliseconds. The default is 3000. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 3000)
-rtmp_conn <string> ED....... Append arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message
-rtmp_flashver <string> ED....... Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player.
-rtmp_live <int> .D....... Specify that the media is a live stream. (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default any)
any .D....... both
live .D....... live stream
recorded .D....... recorded stream
-rtmp_pageurl <string> .D....... URL of the web page in which the media was embedded. By default no value will be sent.
-rtmp_playpath <string> ED....... Stream identifier to play or to publish
-rtmp_subscribe <string> .D....... Name of live stream to subscribe to. Defaults to rtmp_playpath.
-rtmp_swfhash <binary> .D....... SHA256 hash of the decompressed SWF file (32 bytes).
-rtmp_swfsize <int> .D....... Size of the decompressed SWF file, required for SWFVerification. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-rtmp_swfurl <string> ED....... URL of the SWF player. By default no value will be sent
-rtmp_swfverify <string> .D....... URL to player swf file, compute hash/size automatically.
-rtmp_tcurl <string> ED....... URL of the target stream. Defaults to proto://host[:port]/app.
-rtmp_listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-timeout <int> .D....... Maximum timeout (in seconds) to wait for incoming connections. -1 is infinite. Implies -rtmp_listen 1 (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default -1)
rtmpe AVOptions:
-rtmp_app <string> ED....... Name of application to connect to on the RTMP server
-rtmp_buffer <int> ED....... Set buffer time in milliseconds. The default is 3000. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 3000)
-rtmp_conn <string> ED....... Append arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message
-rtmp_flashver <string> ED....... Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player.
-rtmp_live <int> .D....... Specify that the media is a live stream. (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default any)
any .D....... both
live .D....... live stream
recorded .D....... recorded stream
-rtmp_pageurl <string> .D....... URL of the web page in which the media was embedded. By default no value will be sent.
-rtmp_playpath <string> ED....... Stream identifier to play or to publish
-rtmp_subscribe <string> .D....... Name of live stream to subscribe to. Defaults to rtmp_playpath.
-rtmp_swfhash <binary> .D....... SHA256 hash of the decompressed SWF file (32 bytes).
-rtmp_swfsize <int> .D....... Size of the decompressed SWF file, required for SWFVerification. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-rtmp_swfurl <string> ED....... URL of the SWF player. By default no value will be sent
-rtmp_swfverify <string> .D....... URL to player swf file, compute hash/size automatically.
-rtmp_tcurl <string> ED....... URL of the target stream. Defaults to proto://host[:port]/app.
-rtmp_listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-timeout <int> .D....... Maximum timeout (in seconds) to wait for incoming connections. -1 is infinite. Implies -rtmp_listen 1 (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default -1)
rtmps AVOptions:
-rtmp_app <string> ED....... Name of application to connect to on the RTMP server
-rtmp_buffer <int> ED....... Set buffer time in milliseconds. The default is 3000. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 3000)
-rtmp_conn <string> ED....... Append arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message
-rtmp_flashver <string> ED....... Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player.
-rtmp_live <int> .D....... Specify that the media is a live stream. (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default any)
any .D....... both
live .D....... live stream
recorded .D....... recorded stream
-rtmp_pageurl <string> .D....... URL of the web page in which the media was embedded. By default no value will be sent.
-rtmp_playpath <string> ED....... Stream identifier to play or to publish
-rtmp_subscribe <string> .D....... Name of live stream to subscribe to. Defaults to rtmp_playpath.
-rtmp_swfhash <binary> .D....... SHA256 hash of the decompressed SWF file (32 bytes).
-rtmp_swfsize <int> .D....... Size of the decompressed SWF file, required for SWFVerification. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-rtmp_swfurl <string> ED....... URL of the SWF player. By default no value will be sent
-rtmp_swfverify <string> .D....... URL to player swf file, compute hash/size automatically.
-rtmp_tcurl <string> ED....... URL of the target stream. Defaults to proto://host[:port]/app.
-rtmp_listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-timeout <int> .D....... Maximum timeout (in seconds) to wait for incoming connections. -1 is infinite. Implies -rtmp_listen 1 (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default -1)
rtmpt AVOptions:
-rtmp_app <string> ED....... Name of application to connect to on the RTMP server
-rtmp_buffer <int> ED....... Set buffer time in milliseconds. The default is 3000. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 3000)
-rtmp_conn <string> ED....... Append arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message
-rtmp_flashver <string> ED....... Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player.
-rtmp_live <int> .D....... Specify that the media is a live stream. (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default any)
any .D....... both
live .D....... live stream
recorded .D....... recorded stream
-rtmp_pageurl <string> .D....... URL of the web page in which the media was embedded. By default no value will be sent.
-rtmp_playpath <string> ED....... Stream identifier to play or to publish
-rtmp_subscribe <string> .D....... Name of live stream to subscribe to. Defaults to rtmp_playpath.
-rtmp_swfhash <binary> .D....... SHA256 hash of the decompressed SWF file (32 bytes).
-rtmp_swfsize <int> .D....... Size of the decompressed SWF file, required for SWFVerification. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-rtmp_swfurl <string> ED....... URL of the SWF player. By default no value will be sent
-rtmp_swfverify <string> .D....... URL to player swf file, compute hash/size automatically.
-rtmp_tcurl <string> ED....... URL of the target stream. Defaults to proto://host[:port]/app.
-rtmp_listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-timeout <int> .D....... Maximum timeout (in seconds) to wait for incoming connections. -1 is infinite. Implies -rtmp_listen 1 (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default -1)
rtmpte AVOptions:
-rtmp_app <string> ED....... Name of application to connect to on the RTMP server
-rtmp_buffer <int> ED....... Set buffer time in milliseconds. The default is 3000. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 3000)
-rtmp_conn <string> ED....... Append arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message
-rtmp_flashver <string> ED....... Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player.
-rtmp_live <int> .D....... Specify that the media is a live stream. (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default any)
any .D....... both
live .D....... live stream
recorded .D....... recorded stream
-rtmp_pageurl <string> .D....... URL of the web page in which the media was embedded. By default no value will be sent.
-rtmp_playpath <string> ED....... Stream identifier to play or to publish
-rtmp_subscribe <string> .D....... Name of live stream to subscribe to. Defaults to rtmp_playpath.
-rtmp_swfhash <binary> .D....... SHA256 hash of the decompressed SWF file (32 bytes).
-rtmp_swfsize <int> .D....... Size of the decompressed SWF file, required for SWFVerification. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-rtmp_swfurl <string> ED....... URL of the SWF player. By default no value will be sent
-rtmp_swfverify <string> .D....... URL to player swf file, compute hash/size automatically.
-rtmp_tcurl <string> ED....... URL of the target stream. Defaults to proto://host[:port]/app.
-rtmp_listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-listen <int> .D....... Listen for incoming rtmp connections (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default 0)
-timeout <int> .D....... Maximum timeout (in seconds) to wait for incoming connections. -1 is infinite. Implies -rtmp_listen 1 (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default -1)
rtmpts AVOptions:
-rtmp_app <string> ED....... Name of application to connect to on the RTMP server
-rtmp_buffer <int> ED....... Set buffer time in milliseconds. The default is 3000. (from 0 to INT_MAX) (default 3000)
-rtmp_conn <string> ED....... Append arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message
-rtmp_flashver <string> ED....... Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player.
-rtmp_live <int> .D....... Specify that the media is a live stream. (from INT_MIN to INT_MAX) (default any)