Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Using command line only, how to I retrieve the exact number of frames in a given video in Linux?

Q. Using command line only, how to I retrieve the exact number of frames in a given video in Linux?

ffmpeg will return the duration in minutes and the framerate but duration*framerate does not give an exact number of frames.

I need to know the exact number of frames.

A. mplayer -identify -fps 1 VIDEOFILE

Then look at
ID_VIDEO_FPS=1.000
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=80
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=224000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=0
ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
ID_LENGTH=41819.00

Notice how the length, in seconds, is now the exact number of frames. (41819 frames)

If you need it to be interactive-less:
mplayer -msglevel all=0 -identify -fps 1 -vo null -frames 0 VIDEOFILE | grep ID_LENGTH

Or, for a program:
mplayer -identify -fps 1 -vo null -frames 0 -msglevel all=-1 VIDEO > moviedata

then to get the frame info:

grep ID_LENGTH moviedata

should do.

Thanks for that, now I know how to do it too!
~Purr

I have Fedora 10, a 80GB hard disk and want to add a new one of 640GB. How can i manage to transfer the data?
Q. I want to transfer the data of 80GB disk to the new one (an 'image' as it is known). I know that exists a specific command through the linux command line(the terminal). I also want to make a partition of the 640GB hard disk. Is there a command also for this?
Thanks!

A. Here are a couple of links for your question:

Best linux distribution featuring a GUI to run on a computer with included specs?
Q. I'm fairly computer illiterate, would any of you know of a Linux distribution that could run comfortably on an old computer with 64 ram, 600 mhz processor, 8mb video card...?

I'm horrible with Linux command line, so I'd need a GUI.

A. Try Puppy Linux. Its light on the system and should run fine on your computer specs. The only upgrade I would recommend is RAM. You should have 128MB or more.

If you have 256MB or more, you can even install and run Ubuntu Linux satisfactorily.

I have run Puppy Linux on my P-166MMX, 64MB, 20GB, 4MB VGA. It worked well.



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