How to print file info with FFprobe?


 
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Old 06-11-2017
How to print file info with FFprobe?

Hello,

I have many mp4 files inside a folder and I need to write stream info of each files.
Below script creates txt files but inside of each file is empty.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
for video in *.mp4;
do
	base="${video%.mp4}"
	ffprobe -i "$base".mp4  > "$base".txt;
done
exit 0

When I run similar code without for loop like
Code:
ffprobe -i filename.mp4

it prints out desired output.
Maybe I should pipe the output...

I'd like to know how it should be done
Many thanks for your help.

Boris

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Code:
#!/bin/bash
for video in *.mp4;
do
	base="${video%.mp4}"
	ffprobe -i "$base".mp4 2>>"$base".txt
done
exit 0


Thanks
Boris

Last edited by baris35; 06-11-2017 at 01:04 PM.. Reason: sorted
# 2  
Old 06-11-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by baris35
[...]

---------- Post updated at 11:01 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:37 AM ----------

Sorted now...


Code:
#!/bin/bash
for video in *.mp4;
do
	base="${video%.mp4}"
	ffprobe -i "$base".mp4 2>>"$base".txt
done
exit 0


Thanks
Boris
Are you certain that you would like to just record the stderr to the .txt file?

Could it be that you would like stdout?
Code:
ffprobe -i "$base".mp4 >> "$base".txt

or both stream.
Code:
ffprobe -i "$base".mp4 >> "$base".txt 2>&1

This User Gave Thanks to Aia For This Post:
# 3  
Old 06-30-2017
Hello Aia,
Thanks for your reply
Your code also gives desired output.


Kind regards
Boris
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