[FFmpeg-user] What argument(s) does 'ashowinfo' take?

[Gyan Doshi]

On 02-03-2020 06:24 pm, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 03/01/2020 06:47 PM, Dan Bridges wrote:
>> On 2/03/2020 9:12 am, Mark Filipak wrote:
>>> ffprobe -ashowinfo -i g:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
>>
>> According to
>> https://hhsprings.bitbucket.io/docs/programming/examples/ffmpeg/audio_visualization/ashowinfo.html 
>>
>> I used this format  for showinfo and ashowinfo with a clip called
>> Dancing.MTS:
>>
>> ffprobe -f lavfi movie=Dancing.MTS,showinfo
>
> Thanks, Dan. I finally got it working and the solution is very 
> instructive (and worrying).
>
> This:
> C:\CMD & tiny apps\ffmpeg >ffprobe -f lavfi 
> amovie=G:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB,ashowinfo
> --note current working directory--
> fails; "Error initializing filter 'movie' with args 
> 'G:VIDEO_TSVTS_01_1.VOB'"
> --note missing '\'s in path to 'VTS_01_1.VOB'--
>
> And this:
> C:\CMD & tiny apps\ffmpeg >ffprobe -f lavfi 
> amovie=G:\\VIDEO_TS\\VTS_01_1.VOB,ashowinfo
> --note escaped '\'s in path to 'VTS_01_1.VOB'--
> fails; "movie=G:\\VIDEO_TS\\VTS_01_1.VOB,showinfo: No such file or 
> directory".

Double escape the : and use forward slashes

     movie=G\\:/path/to/file

Gyan