[FFmpeg-trac] #7381(undetermined:new): ffprobe slow for many files

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#7381: ffprobe slow for many files
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             Reporter:  forthrin     |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new          |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:               |                  Version:
  undetermined                       |  unspecified
             Keywords:               |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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 Using `ffprobe -show_streams -print_format json` for a lot of files
 (1000+) is quite slow compared to `exiftool` which seems almost
 instantaneous.

 Is this because A) the probing code has optimisation potential, or B)
 mostly because of the overhead because `ffprobe` doesn't support multiple
 files per run, ie. you can't do `find . -type f -exec ffprobe {} +`.

 Please clarify A or B, but also regardless, is there any reason why
 `ffprobe` shouldn't support multiple files?

 ffprobe 4.0.2 on macOS

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