I just want to see how many streams are inside my video file.
I looked at the official documentation and I cannot see what option I can use. Perhaps another command/terminal app can do something similar?
Any ideas how it can be done?
If you have ffprobe installed:
ffprobe <input> -show_entries format=nb_streams -v 0 -of compact=p=0:nk=1
You can also filter for video or audio streams by adding -select_streams v or -select_streams a, respectively. See the manual for more details.
If you do not have ffprobe, ffmpeg can be used too, but in a slightly less robust way (i.e., this may break if the output format changes or something contains the words "Stream #" in the output):
ffmpeg -i <input> 2>&1 | grep "Stream #" | wc -l
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1More direct is
ffprobe input -show_entries format=nb_streams -v 0 -of compact=p=0:nk=1– Gyan Jun 7 '17 at 12:38 -
Thanks, post updated, I sometimes forget that there's a format class as well. – slhck Jun 7 '17 at 12:58
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ffprobe.exe -i "vid.mkv" -show_entries formatgets the job done, I don't know about all those options you listed. – Shayan Sep 9 '19 at 8:25 -
1@Shayan The options I've used ensure that you'll only get one number as output. Your command shows everything. – slhck Sep 9 '19 at 9:13
