Add FFprobe tool.

This is a simplified / cleaned-up version of the SourceForge program:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffprobe/

Syntax / features may be different, in particular the options
-show_packets and -show_frames are not yet supported in this version.

Originally committed as revision 21936 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk

Changelog

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ version <next>:
 - Indeo 5 decoder
 - RTP depacketization of AMR
 - WMAVoice decoder
+- FFprobe tool
 
 
 

Makefile

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ vpath %.texi $(SRC_PATH_BARE)
 
 PROGS-$(CONFIG_FFMPEG)   += ffmpeg
 PROGS-$(CONFIG_FFPLAY)   += ffplay
+PROGS-$(CONFIG_FFPROBE)  += ffprobe
 PROGS-$(CONFIG_FFSERVER) += ffserver
 
 PROGS      := $(addsuffix   $(EXESUF), $(PROGS-yes))
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ MANPAGES    = $(addprefix doc/, $(addsuffix .1, $(PROGS-yes)))
 TOOLS       = $(addprefix tools/, $(addsuffix $(EXESUF), cws2fws pktdumper probetest qt-faststart trasher))
 HOSTPROGS   = $(addprefix tests/, audiogen videogen rotozoom tiny_psnr)
 
-BASENAMES   = ffmpeg ffplay ffserver
+BASENAMES   = ffmpeg ffplay ffprobe ffserver
 ALLPROGS    = $(addsuffix   $(EXESUF), $(BASENAMES))
 ALLPROGS_G  = $(addsuffix _g$(EXESUF), $(BASENAMES))
 ALLMANPAGES = $(addsuffix .1, $(BASENAMES))
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ cmdutils.o cmdutils.d: version.h
 alltools: $(TOOLS)
 
 documentation: $(addprefix doc/, developer.html faq.html ffmpeg-doc.html \
-                                 ffplay-doc.html ffserver-doc.html       \
+                                 ffplay-doc.html ffprobe-doc.html ffserver-doc.html \
                                  general.html libavfilter.html $(ALLMANPAGES))
 
 doc/%.html: doc/%.texi

configure

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Configuration options:
   --disable-doc            do not build documentation
   --disable-ffmpeg         disable ffmpeg build
   --disable-ffplay         disable ffplay build
+  --disable-ffprobe        disable ffprobe build
   --disable-ffserver       disable ffserver build
   --disable-avdevice       disable libavdevice build
   --disable-avcodec        disable libavcodec build
@@ -890,6 +891,7 @@ CONFIG_LIST="
     fastdiv
     ffmpeg
     ffplay
+    ffprobe
     ffserver
     fft
     golomb
@@ -1398,6 +1400,7 @@ avformat_deps="avcodec"
 ffmpeg_deps="avcodec avformat swscale"
 ffplay_deps="avcodec avformat swscale sdl"
 ffplay_select="rdft"
+ffprobe_deps="avcodec avformat"
 ffserver_deps="avformat ffm_muxer rtp_protocol rtsp_demuxer"
 ffserver_extralibs='$ldl'
 
@@ -1449,6 +1452,7 @@ enable doc
 enable fastdiv
 enable ffmpeg
 enable ffplay
+enable ffprobe
 enable ffserver
 enable mpegaudio_hp
 enable network

doc/ffprobe-doc.texi

+\input texinfo @c -*- texinfo -*-
+
+@settitle FFprobe Documentation
+@titlepage
+@sp 7
+@center @titlefont{FFprobe Documentation}
+@sp 3
+@end titlepage
+
+@chapter Introduction
+
+@c man begin DESCRIPTION
+
+FFprobe gathers information from multimedia streams and prints it in
+human- and machine-readable fashion.
+
+For example it can be used to check the format of the container used
+by a multimedia stream and the format and type of each media stream
+contained in it.
+
+If a filename is specified in input, ffprobe will try to open and
+probe the file content. If the file cannot be opened or recognized as
+a multimedia file, a positive exit code is returned.
+
+FFprobe may be employed both as a standalone application or in
+combination with a textual filter, which may perform more
+sophisticated processing, e.g. statistical processing or plotting.
+
+Options are used to list some of the formats supported by ffprobe or
+for specifying which information to display, and for setting how
+ffprobe will show it.
+
+FFprobe output is designed to be easily parsable by a textual filter,
+and consists of one or more sections of the form:
+@example
+[SECTION]
+key1=val1
+...
+keyN=valN
+[/SECTION]
+@end example
+
+Metadata tags stored in the container or in the streams are recognized
+and printed in the corresponding ``FORMAT'' or ``STREAM'' section, and
+are prefixed by the string ``TAG:''.
+
+@c man end
+
+@chapter Invocation
+
+@section Syntax
+
+The generic syntax is:
+
+@example
+@c man begin SYNOPSIS
+ffprobe [options] [@file{input_file}]
+@c man end
+@end example
+
+@c man begin OPTIONS
+
+@include fftools-common-opts.texi
+
+@section Main options
+
+@table @option
+@item -unit
+Show the unit of the displayed values.
+
+@item -prefix
+Show a SI prefixes of the displayed values.
+Unless ``-byte_binary_prefix'' option is used all the prefix
+are decimal.
+
+@item -byte_binary_prefix
+Force the use of binary prefixes for byte values.
+
+@item -sexagesimal
+Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values.
+
+@item -pretty
+Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the
+options ``-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal''.
+
+@item -show_format
+Show information about the container format of the input multimedia
+stream.
+
+All the container format information is printed within a section with
+name ``FORMAT''.
+
+@item -show_streams
+Show information about each media stream contained in the input
+multimedia stream.
+
+Each media stream information is printed within a dedicated section
+with name ``STREAM''.
+
+@end table
+@c man end
+
+@ignore
+
+@setfilename ffprobe
+@settitle FFprobe media prober
+
+@c man begin SEEALSO
+ffmpeg(1), ffplay(1), ffserver(1)
+@c man end
+
+@end ignore
+
+@bye