[MPlayer-users] Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 34

[geoff.mplayer at alphaworks.co.uk]

>From: Thijs Vermeir <thijsvermeir at telenet.be>
>Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] Getting information about a video file
>To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests,	bug reports"
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>On 8-apr-06, at 19:30, geoff.mplayer at alphaworks.co.uk wrote:
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>>> Is it possible to use MPlayer to get information about a video file  
>>> such as the dimensions, frame rate and appropriate MIME type? If  
>>> not then can anyone suggest an alternative of doing this on the  
>>> command line?
>>>
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> mplayer -identify ... ;-) 

Ah, easy when you know what to look for, I was searching for all the 
wrong things on the man page!

That's just what I need but how do I know the possible values of 
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT ? For the simple MPEG I have here it returns 
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x10000001 and for an AVI from a digital camera I get 
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=MJPG
.

Thanks,
Geoff