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A python function utilising `ffprobe` to find any metadata related to a video file. Examples of what it can find include bitrate, fps, codec details, duration and many more. This gist returns the video height and width as an example.
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| #!/usr/local/bin/python3 | |
| import subprocess | |
| import shlex | |
| import json | |
| # function to find the resolution of the input video file | |
| def findVideoMetada(pathToInputVideo): | |
| cmd = "avprobe -v 0 -show_format -show_streams -of json" | |
| args = shlex.split(cmd) | |
| args.append(pathToInputVideo) | |
| # run the ffprobe process, decode stdout into utf-8 & convert to JSON | |
| ffprobeOutput = subprocess.check_output(args).decode('utf-8') | |
| ffprobeOutput = json.loads(ffprobeOutput) | |
| # prints all the metadata available: | |
| import pprint | |
| pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=2) | |
| pp.pprint(ffprobeOutput) | |
| # for example, find height and width | |
| height = ffprobeOutput['streams'][0]['height'] | |
| width = ffprobeOutput['streams'][0]['width'] | |
| print(height, width) | |
| return height, width | |
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