cutcutcodec.core.analysis.ffprobe.get_metadata

cutcutcodec.core.analysis.ffprobe.get_metadata(filename: str | bytes | Path, ignore_errors=False) → dict[str][source]

Call ffprobe and parse the result as a dictionary.

Parameters

filenamepathlike: The pathlike of the file containing streams.
ignore_errorsboolean, default=False: If True, returns an empty dict rather than throwing an exception if invalid data are detected.

Returns

metadatadict: All the metadata containing in the container and each streams.

Examples

>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> from cutcutcodec.core.analysis.ffprobe import get_metadata
>>> pprint(get_metadata("cutcutcodec/examples/audio_5.1_narration.oga"))  
{'format': {'bit_rate': '34982',
            'duration': '8.000000',
            'filename': 'cutcutcodec/examples/audio_5.1_narration.oga',
            'format_long_name': 'Ogg',
            'format_name': 'ogg',
            ...
            'nb_streams': 1,
            'probe_score': 100,
            'size': '34982',
            'start_time': '0.000000'},
 'streams': [{'avg_frame_rate': '0/0',
              'bit_rate': '96000',
              'bits_per_sample': 0,
              'channel_layout': '5.1',
              'channels': 6,
              'codec_long_name': 'Vorbis',
              'codec_name': 'vorbis',
              'codec_tag': '0x0000',
              'codec_tag_string': '[0][0][0][0]',
              'codec_type': 'audio',
              'disposition': {'attached_pic': 0,
                              ...
                              'visual_impaired': 0},
              'duration': '8.000000',
              ...
              'sample_rate': '16000',
              'start_pts': 0,
              'start_time': '0.000000',
              'tags': {'encoder': 'Lavc59.37.100 libvorbis'},
              'time_base': '1/16000'}]}
>>>