ffmpex v0.2.1 FFprobe

Execute ffprobe CLI commands.

ffprobe is a simple multimedia streams analyzer. You can use it to output all kinds of information about an input including duration, frame rate, frame size, etc. It is also useful for gathering specific information about an input to be used in a script.

(from https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/FFprobeTips)

Summary

Types

format_map()

Functions

duration(file_path)

Get the duration in seconds, as a float. If no duration (e.g., a still image), returns :no_duration

format(file_path)

Get the “format” map, containing general info for the specified file, such as number of streams, duration, file size, and more

format_names(file_path)

Get a list of formats for the file

Types

format_map :: %{optional(binary) => binary}

Functions

duration(file_path)

Specs

duration(binary | format_map) :: float | :no_duration

Get the duration in seconds, as a float. If no duration (e.g., a still image), returns :no_duration

format(file_path)

Specs

format(binary) :: format_map

Get the “format” map, containing general info for the specified file, such as number of streams, duration, file size, and more.

format_names(file_path)

Specs

format_names(binary | format_map) :: [binary]

Get a list of formats for the file.