[MPlayer-users] information about a file

[Corey Hickey]

Pupeno wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Is it posible, with mplayer or some other utility to get some information 
> about a file (a video) without playing it (as fast as posible)...
> I need information like the fps, the length (in time or frames), and 
> everything that is posible.
> Thanks.

mplayer filename -identify -fps 0 -ao null

will give you all information that mplayer can provide, without playing
the video.

-Corey