Midentify - a script that gives you information on a video file

published Jan 04, 2010 11:16 by admin ( last modified Jan 04, 2010 11:16 )

It's a shell script that comes with mplayer, and I can imagine it coming in handy when you quickly want to have info on a clip.

Here is sample output from running it on a video file generated by a Casio compact digital camera:

ID_VIDEO_ID=0
ID_AUDIO_ID=1
ID_CLIP_INFO_NAME0=Digitization\ Time
ID_CLIP_INFO_VALUE0=2010/01/01/\ 01:59\ \
ID_CLIP_INFO_NAME1=Software
ID_CLIP_INFO_VALUE1=CASIO\ EX-H10
ID_CLIP_INFO_N=2
ID_FILENAME=CIMG0139.AVI
ID_DEMUXER=avi
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=MJPG
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=22629024
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=1280
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=720
ID_VIDEO_FPS=23.976
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=17
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=177000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=0
ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
ID_LENGTH=28.19
ID_SEEKABLE=1
ID_CHAPTERS=0
ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffmjpeg
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=177000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=44100
ID_AUDIO_NCH=1
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=ffadpcmimawav
ID_EXIT=EOF