ffmpeg command line write output to a text file

ffmpeg output ffprobe
Asanka sanjaya picture Asanka sanjaya · Apr 16, 2015 · Viewed 29k times · Source

I'm using this script for shot detection in ffmpeg.

ffprobe -show_frames -of compact=p=0 -f lavfi "movie=test.mp4,select=gt(scene\,0.3)"

I need to write the output into a text file in order to read the output from a c program. How can I do this? Any help is appreciated.

Answer

aergistal picture aergistal · Apr 16, 2015

You redirect the output to a file:

ffprobe -show_frames -of compact=p=0 -f lavfi "movie=test.mp4,select=gt(scene\,0.3)" > output.txt 2>&1

If you want separate files for stdout and stderr you can do:

[..] > out.txt 2> err.txt

Related questions

Cutting the videos based on start and end time using ffmpeg

I tried to cut the video using the start and end time of the video by using the following command ffmpeg -ss 00:00:03 -t 00:00:08 -i movie.mp4 -acodec copy -vcodec copy -async 1 cut.mp4 By using the above command i want …

Read More
How to concatenate two MP4 files using FFmpeg?

I'm trying to concatenate two mp4 files using ffmpeg. I need this to be an automatic process hence why I chose ffmpeg. I'm converting the two files into .ts files and then concatenating them and then trying to encode that …

Read More
How to install and run phpize

I have been meaning to install ffmpeg as an extension to my PHP setup. So before I can install it, I need to phpize it. I installed php5-dev by sudo apt-get install php5-dev. But now when I run …

Read More