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ffprobe: How to get the audio and video format and duration from a file
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ffprobe_get_format_and_duration.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Use https://jqlang.org/
ffprobe -i test.ogg -show_format -output_format json | jq
# Use https://fx.wtf/
ffprobe -i test.ogg -show_format -output_format json | fx
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wjkoh commented Jun 17, 2025 •
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The following is a sample output from stdout. The duration is in seconds:

{
  "format": {
    "filename": "test.ogg",
    "nb_streams": 1,
    "nb_programs": 0,
    "nb_stream_groups": 0,
    "format_name": "ogg",
    "format_long_name": "Ogg",
    "start_time": "0.000000",
    "duration": "43.450454",
    "size": "695512",
    "bit_rate": "128056",
    "probe_score": 100
  }
}

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