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To get information about your video with ffmpeg, you would use the ffrpobe 1) utility (installed with ffmpeg)
How to
How to get the video information at the console ?
ffprobe video.mp4
Example of output where you can see the aspect ratio of 1920×1080
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'output.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
title : Video Gifts
artist : Gerard nico
encoder : Lavf58.29.100
keywords : Video-Gifts
Duration: 00:00:39.27, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3067 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2933 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 30k tbn, 59.94 tbc (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : Core Media Video
timecode : 00:00:00;00
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 127 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : Core Media Audio
Stream #0:2(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74)
Metadata:
handler_name : Core Media Video
timecode : 00:00:00;00
How to get the information in a Json format ?
ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams "input.mp4" > "output.json"