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diff --git a/ffmpeg1/doc/ffprobe.texi b/ffmpeg1/doc/ffprobe.texi deleted file mode 100644 index 6e30b2f..0000000 --- a/ffmpeg1/doc/ffprobe.texi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,521 +0,0 @@ -\input texinfo @c -*- texinfo -*- - -@settitle ffprobe Documentation -@titlepage -@center @titlefont{ffprobe Documentation} -@end titlepage - -@top - -@contents - -@chapter Synopsis - -ffprobe [@var{options}] [@file{input_file}] - -@chapter Description -@c man begin DESCRIPTION - -ffprobe gathers information from multimedia streams and prints it in -human- and machine-readable fashion. - -For example it can be used to check the format of the container used -by a multimedia stream and the format and type of each media stream -contained in it. - -If a filename is specified in input, ffprobe will try to open and -probe the file content. If the file cannot be opened or recognized as -a multimedia file, a positive exit code is returned. - -ffprobe may be employed both as a standalone application or in -combination with a textual filter, which may perform more -sophisticated processing, e.g. statistical processing or plotting. - -Options are used to list some of the formats supported by ffprobe or -for specifying which information to display, and for setting how -ffprobe will show it. - -ffprobe output is designed to be easily parsable by a textual filter, -and consists of one or more sections of a form defined by the selected -writer, which is specified by the @option{print_format} option. - -Sections may contain other nested sections, and are identified by a -name (which may be shared by other sections), and an unique -name. See the output of @option{sections}. - -Metadata tags stored in the container or in the streams are recognized -and printed in the corresponding "FORMAT" or "STREAM" section. - -@c man end - -@chapter Options -@c man begin OPTIONS - -@include avtools-common-opts.texi - -@section Main options - -@table @option - -@item -f @var{format} -Force format to use. - -@item -unit -Show the unit of the displayed values. - -@item -prefix -Use SI prefixes for the displayed values. -Unless the "-byte_binary_prefix" option is used all the prefixes -are decimal. - -@item -byte_binary_prefix -Force the use of binary prefixes for byte values. - -@item -sexagesimal -Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values. - -@item -pretty -Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the -options "-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal". - -@item -of, -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}] -Set the output printing format. - -@var{writer_name} specifies the name of the writer, and -@var{writer_options} specifies the options to be passed to the writer. - -For example for printing the output in JSON format, specify: -@example --print_format json -@end example - -For more details on the available output printing formats, see the -Writers section below. - -@item -sections -Print sections structure and section information, and exit. The output -is not meant to be parsed by a machine. - -@item -select_streams @var{stream_specifier} -Select only the streams specified by @var{stream_specifier}. This -option affects only the options related to streams -(e.g. @code{show_streams}, @code{show_packets}, etc.). - -For example to show only audio streams, you can use the command: -@example -ffprobe -show_streams -select_streams a INPUT -@end example - -To show only video packets belonging to the video stream with index 1: -@example -ffprobe -show_packets -select_streams v:1 INPUT -@end example - -@item -show_data -Show payload data, as an hexadecimal and ASCII dump. Coupled with -@option{-show_packets}, it will dump the packets' data. Coupled with -@option{-show_streams}, it will dump the codec extradata. - -The dump is printed as the "data" field. It may contain newlines. - -@item -show_error -Show information about the error found when trying to probe the input. - -The error information is printed within a section with name "ERROR". - -@item -show_format -Show information about the container format of the input multimedia -stream. - -All the container format information is printed within a section with -name "FORMAT". - -@item -show_format_entry @var{name} -Like @option{-show_format}, but only prints the specified entry of the -container format information, rather than all. This option may be given more -than once, then all specified entries will be shown. - -This option is deprecated, use @code{show_entries} instead. - -@item -show_entries @var{section_entries} -Set list of entries to show. - -Entries are specified according to the following -syntax. @var{section_entries} contains a list of section entries -separated by @code{:}. Each section entry is composed by a section -name (or unique name), optionally followed by a list of entries local -to that section, separated by @code{,}. - -If section name is specified but is followed by no @code{=}, all -entries are printed to output, together with all the contained -sections. Otherwise only the entries specified in the local section -entries list are printed. In particular, if @code{=} is specified but -the list of local entries is empty, then no entries will be shown for -that section. - -Note that the order of specification of the local section entries is -not honored in the output, and the usual display order will be -retained. - -The formal syntax is given by: -@example -@var{LOCAL_SECTION_ENTRIES} ::= @var{SECTION_ENTRY_NAME}[,@var{LOCAL_SECTION_ENTRIES}] -@var{SECTION_ENTRY} ::= @var{SECTION_NAME}[=[@var{LOCAL_SECTION_ENTRIES}]] -@var{SECTION_ENTRIES} ::= @var{SECTION_ENTRY}[:@var{SECTION_ENTRIES}] -@end example - -For example, to show only the index and type of each stream, and the PTS -time, duration time, and stream index of the packets, you can specify -the argument: -@example -packet=pts_time,duration_time,stream_index : stream=index,codec_type -@end example - -To show all the entries in the section "format", but only the codec -type in the section "stream", specify the argument: -@example -format : stream=codec_type -@end example - -To show all the tags in the stream and format sections: -@example -format_tags : format_tags -@end example - -To show only the @code{title} tag (if available) in the stream -sections: -@example -stream_tags=title -@end example - -@item -show_packets -Show information about each packet contained in the input multimedia -stream. - -The information for each single packet is printed within a dedicated -section with name "PACKET". - -@item -show_frames -Show information about each frame contained in the input multimedia -stream. - -The information for each single frame is printed within a dedicated -section with name "FRAME". - -@item -show_streams -Show information about each media stream contained in the input -multimedia stream. - -Each media stream information is printed within a dedicated section -with name "STREAM". - -@item -count_frames -Count the number of frames per stream and report it in the -corresponding stream section. - -@item -count_packets -Count the number of packets per stream and report it in the -corresponding stream section. - -@item -show_private_data, -private -Show private data, that is data depending on the format of the -particular shown element. -This option is enabled by default, but you may need to disable it -for specific uses, for example when creating XSD-compliant XML output. - -@item -show_program_version -Show information related to program version. - -Version information is printed within a section with name -"PROGRAM_VERSION". - -@item -show_library_versions -Show information related to library versions. - -Version information for each library is printed within a section with -name "LIBRARY_VERSION". - -@item -show_versions -Show information related to program and library versions. This is the -equivalent of setting both @option{-show_program_version} and -@option{-show_library_versions} options. - -@item -bitexact -Force bitexact output, useful to produce output which is not dependent -on the specific build. - -@item -i @var{input_file} -Read @var{input_file}. - -@end table -@c man end - -@chapter Writers -@c man begin WRITERS - -A writer defines the output format adopted by @command{ffprobe}, and will be -used for printing all the parts of the output. - -A writer may accept one or more arguments, which specify the options -to adopt. The options are specified as a list of @var{key}=@var{value} -pairs, separated by ":". - -A description of the currently available writers follows. - -@section default -Default format. - -Print each section in the form: -@example -[SECTION] -key1=val1 -... -keyN=valN -[/SECTION] -@end example - -Metadata tags are printed as a line in the corresponding FORMAT or -STREAM section, and are prefixed by the string "TAG:". - -A description of the accepted options follows. - -@table @option - -@item nokey, nk -If set to 1 specify not to print the key of each field. Default value -is 0. - -@item noprint_wrappers, nw -If set to 1 specify not to print the section header and footer. -Default value is 0. -@end table - -@section compact, csv -Compact and CSV format. - -The @code{csv} writer is equivalent to @code{compact}, but supports -different defaults. - -Each section is printed on a single line. -If no option is specifid, the output has the form: -@example -section|key1=val1| ... |keyN=valN -@end example - -Metadata tags are printed in the corresponding "format" or "stream" -section. A metadata tag key, if printed, is prefixed by the string -"tag:". - -The description of the accepted options follows. - -@table @option - -@item item_sep, s -Specify the character to use for separating fields in the output line. -It must be a single printable character, it is "|" by default ("," for -the @code{csv} writer). - -@item nokey, nk -If set to 1 specify not to print the key of each field. Its default -value is 0 (1 for the @code{csv} writer). - -@item escape, e -Set the escape mode to use, default to "c" ("csv" for the @code{csv} -writer). - -It can assume one of the following values: -@table @option -@item c -Perform C-like escaping. Strings containing a newline ('\n'), carriage -return ('\r'), a tab ('\t'), a form feed ('\f'), the escaping -character ('\') or the item separator character @var{SEP} are escaped using C-like fashioned -escaping, so that a newline is converted to the sequence "\n", a -carriage return to "\r", '\' to "\\" and the separator @var{SEP} is -converted to "\@var{SEP}". - -@item csv -Perform CSV-like escaping, as described in RFC4180. Strings -containing a newline ('\n'), a carriage return ('\r'), a double quote -('"'), or @var{SEP} are enclosed in double-quotes. - -@item none -Perform no escaping. -@end table - -@item print_section, p -Print the section name at the begin of each line if the value is -@code{1}, disable it with value set to @code{0}. Default value is -@code{1}. - -@end table - -@section flat -Flat format. - -A free-form output where each line contains an explicit key=value, such as -"streams.stream.3.tags.foo=bar". The output is shell escaped, so it can be -directly embedded in sh scripts as long as the separator character is an -alphanumeric character or an underscore (see @var{sep_char} option). - -The description of the accepted options follows. - -@table @option -@item sep_char, s -Separator character used to separate the chapter, the section name, IDs and -potential tags in the printed field key. - -Default value is '.'. - -@item hierarchical, h -Specify if the section name specification should be hierarchical. If -set to 1, and if there is more than one section in the current -chapter, the section name will be prefixed by the name of the -chapter. A value of 0 will disable this behavior. - -Default value is 1. -@end table - -@section ini -INI format output. - -Print output in an INI based format. - -The following conventions are adopted: - -@itemize -@item -all key and values are UTF-8 -@item -'.' is the subgroup separator -@item -newline, '\t', '\f', '\b' and the following characters are escaped -@item -'\' is the escape character -@item -'#' is the comment indicator -@item -'=' is the key/value separator -@item -':' is not used but usually parsed as key/value separator -@end itemize - -This writer accepts options as a list of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs, -separated by ":". - -The description of the accepted options follows. - -@table @option -@item hierarchical, h -Specify if the section name specification should be hierarchical. If -set to 1, and if there is more than one section in the current -chapter, the section name will be prefixed by the name of the -chapter. A value of 0 will disable this behavior. - -Default value is 1. -@end table - -@section json -JSON based format. - -Each section is printed using JSON notation. - -The description of the accepted options follows. - -@table @option - -@item compact, c -If set to 1 enable compact output, that is each section will be -printed on a single line. Default value is 0. -@end table - -For more information about JSON, see @url{http://www.json.org/}. - -@section xml -XML based format. - -The XML output is described in the XML schema description file -@file{ffprobe.xsd} installed in the FFmpeg datadir. - -An updated version of the schema can be retrieved at the url -@url{http://www.ffmpeg.org/schema/ffprobe.xsd}, which redirects to the -latest schema committed into the FFmpeg development source code tree. - -Note that the output issued will be compliant to the -@file{ffprobe.xsd} schema only when no special global output options -(@option{unit}, @option{prefix}, @option{byte_binary_prefix}, -@option{sexagesimal} etc.) are specified. - -The description of the accepted options follows. - -@table @option - -@item fully_qualified, q -If set to 1 specify if the output should be fully qualified. Default -value is 0. -This is required for generating an XML file which can be validated -through an XSD file. - -@item xsd_compliant, x -If set to 1 perform more checks for ensuring that the output is XSD -compliant. Default value is 0. -This option automatically sets @option{fully_qualified} to 1. -@end table - -For more information about the XML format, see -@url{http://www.w3.org/XML/}. -@c man end WRITERS - -@chapter Timecode -@c man begin TIMECODE - -@command{ffprobe} supports Timecode extraction: - -@itemize - -@item -MPEG1/2 timecode is extracted from the GOP, and is available in the video -stream details (@option{-show_streams}, see @var{timecode}). - -@item -MOV timecode is extracted from tmcd track, so is available in the tmcd -stream metadata (@option{-show_streams}, see @var{TAG:timecode}). - -@item -DV, GXF and AVI timecodes are available in format metadata -(@option{-show_format}, see @var{TAG:timecode}). - -@end itemize -@c man end TIMECODE - -@chapter See Also - -@ifhtml -@url{ffplay.html,ffmpeg}, @url{ffprobe.html,ffprobe}, @url{ffserver.html,ffserver}, -@url{ffmpeg-utils.html,ffmpeg-utils}, -@url{ffmpeg-scaler.html,ffmpeg-scaler}, -@url{ffmpeg-resampler.html,ffmpeg-resampler}, -@url{ffmpeg-codecs.html,ffmpeg-codecs}, -@url{ffmpeg-bitstream-filters.html,ffmpeg-bitstream-filters}, -@url{ffmpeg-formats.html,ffmpeg-formats}, -@url{ffmpeg-devices.html,ffmpeg-devices}, -@url{ffmpeg-protocols.html,ffmpeg-protocols}, -@url{ffmpeg-filters.html,ffmpeg-filters} -@end ifhtml - -@ifnothtml -ffmpeg(1), ffplay(1), ffserver(1), -ffmpeg-utils(1), ffmpeg-scaler(1), ffmpeg-resampler(1), -ffmpeg-codecs(1), ffmpeg-bitstream-filters(1), ffmpeg-formats(1), -ffmpeg-devices(1), ffmpeg-protocols(1), ffmpeg-filters(1) -@end ifnothtml - -@include authors.texi - -@ignore - -@setfilename ffprobe -@settitle ffprobe media prober - -@end ignore - -@bye |