Video Format Analyzer
I have a video file I don't know what format it is.
Is there a software can analyze what kind of video container / compression format it uses?
I tried Gspot, but it doesn't work (Show "Unknown format")
I am sure the file is using some kind of public standard codec because I can use a media converter convert it to avi or mpg4 file.
Thanks in advance.
Here is the picture of Gspot, but it doesn't show anything: alt text http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2675/gspota.png
When I press 1, it says DShow reports error.
Answer
You can use ffpmeg (Windows builds here) with the -i switch:
ffmpeg -i myfile.avi
FFmpeg version SVN-r19159-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
libavcodec 52.30. 2 / 52.30. 2
libavformat 52.34. 0 / 52.34. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 0. 5. 0 / 0. 5. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2009 04:25:02, gcc: 4.5.0 20090517 (experimental)
Input #0, avi, from 'myfile.avi':
Duration: 00:00:00.41, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 363 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: rawvideo, pal8, 60x49, 12 tbr, 12 tbn, 12 tbc
At least one output file must be specified