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?
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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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2More direct is
ffprobe input -show_entries format=nb_streams -v 0 -of compact=p=0:nk=1– GyanCommented Jun 7, 2017 at 12:38 -
Thanks, post updated, I sometimes forget that there's a format class as well.– slhckCommented Jun 7, 2017 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.– ShayanCommented Sep 9, 2019 at 8:25 -
1@Shayan The options I've used ensure that you'll only get one number as output. Your command shows everything.– slhckCommented Sep 9, 2019 at 9:13
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For a "smaller" command, we could use another writer:
-of csv=p=0instead of-of compact=p=0:nk=1Commented Dec 26, 2022 at 23:09
To count "number of available streams using ffmpeg'":
ffmpeg.exe -i %input% 2>&1 | find /c "Stream"
Tested in Win 10 CMD
