stream 1: audio (aac), -aid 0, -alang eng Then, we can use it to display information about our sample file: $ mplayer -identify -frames 0 sample-5s.mp4 It’s one of the oldest media players in Linux and supports a variety of audio and video file formats, subtitle types, and codecs.įirst, we need to install Mplayer: $ sudo apt install mplayer Mplayer is an open-source cross-platform media player that plays audio and video files from its GUI and command line. For example, here’s an example of using the -common option: We can also trim the information we get by using its options. Major Brand : MP4 Base Media v1 Ĭompatible Brands : isom, iso2, avc1, mp41 Let’s first install ExifTool: $ sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perlĪfter installation, we can use it to get information about the sample-5s.mp4: $ exiftool sample-5s.mp4įile Modification Date/Time : 2020:08:23 22:31:05+03:00įile Access Date/Time : 2022:04:17 07:53:51+03:00įile Inode Change Date/Time : 2022:04:17 07:53:50+03:00
It’s available as a Perl library as well as a command-line application which makes it platform-independent. Metadata includes information like file size, file type, date created, and more. Let’s use the -show_format option to display more information about the format of the file: $ ffprobe sample-5s.mp4 -show_format -hide_bannerĮxifTool is an open-source application that reads, writes, and updates metadata of different types of files, e.g., Audio, video, images, PDF, etc.
We can also specify the information we want to display by using options. Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0圆134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 127 kb/s (default)Īlternatively, we can use the -hide-banner option to trim the results and only display information regarding the input file: $ ffprobe sample-5s.mp4 -hide_banner Handler_name : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc. Then, we can use it to display information about the sample-5s.mp4 file: $ ffprobe sample-5s.mp4
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