[FFmpeg-trac] #2226(FFprobe:new): FFprobe should output to stdout

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#2226: FFprobe should output to stdout
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             Reporter:  evilsoup     |                     Type:
               Status:  new          |  enhancement
            Component:  FFprobe      |                 Priority:  wish
             Keywords:               |                  Version:
  ffprobe,stdout,stderr              |  unspecified
             Blocking:               |               Blocked By:
Analyzed by developer:  0            |  Reproduced by developer:  0
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 At the moment, all the tools output the text information to stderr.
 Obviously, for ffmpeg this is necessary; but ffprobe doesn't output A/V
 data, only text, so this behaviour doesn't serve any purpose.

 The current workaround (for regexing the output etc) is to use `ffprobe
 input.file 2>&1`. This isn't particularly onerous, but it would be nicer
 to have ffprobe output to stdout by default. Changing it also wouldn't
 break any pre-existing scripts that people are using with the current
 workaround, either.

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Ticket URL: <https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/2226>
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