[Ffmpeg-devel] samples database
Måns Rullgård
mru
Sun Jul 9 23:54:19 CEST 2006
Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> writes:
> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> Hence the "where possible" qualifier. Things like container format
>> and codecs should be possible to probe automatically (unless it's a
>> file that specifically lies about codecs or something).
>
> Good call. I know of at least one Win32 program that can do this (which
> escapes me right now)-- scan through your collective of AVI files and
> create a list of codecs used.
The Unix version of that is called "file".
> Yes, for the standard containers (AVI, WAV, ASF, AIFF, MOV, etc.) we
> should be able to create a cursory database/spreadsheet
> automatically with some simple ad-hoc tools.
ffmpeg -i comes to mind, or perhaps something using mplayer.
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M?ns Rullg?rd
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