[MPlayer-users] Displaying real bitrate of a DVD stream without playing whole stream?

[Noel Llopis]

Hello,

I was told that MPlayer might be able to do this, and I was wondering if 
anybody could confirm that for me.

Is it possible to use MPlayer to display the real bitrate of a DVD stream 
without actually playing the whole stream? I'm looking for a mode that 
processes the stream in the fastest possible way without displaying any 
images, and then just displays the statistics about it.

Under Windows, I used to use BitRateViewer to do that exact thing, but I 
haven't found a Linux app that does exactly what I want. If MPlayer can't do 
it but someone knows of an app that can, I'd love to hear from you (either on 
the list or privately).

In case you're curious, I'd like to see that information to give some 
objective information in DVD reviews (since bitrate is often related to the 
quality of a transfer).

Thanks in advance.


--Noel
llopis at verizon.net