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For example to show only audio streams, you can use the command:
ffprobe -show_streams -select_streams a INPUT
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To show only video packets belonging to the video stream with index 1:
ffprobe -show_packets -select_streams v:1 INPUT
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For example for printing the output in JSON format, specify:
-print_format json
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The formal syntax is given by:
LOCAL_SECTION_ENTRIES ::= SECTION_ENTRY_NAME[,LOCAL_SECTION_ENTRIES]
SECTION_ENTRY         ::= SECTION_NAME[=[LOCAL_SECTION_ENTRIES]]
SECTION_ENTRIES       ::= SECTION_ENTRY[:SECTION_ENTRIES]
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For example, to show only the index and type of each stream, and the PTS time, duration time, and stream index of the packets, you can specify the argument:
packet=pts_time,duration_time,stream_index : stream=index,codec_type
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To show all the entries in the section "format", but only the codec type in the section "stream", specify the argument:
format : stream=codec_type
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To show all the tags in the stream and format sections:
stream_tags : format_tags
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To show only the title tag (if available) in the stream sections:
stream_tags=title
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A few examples follow.
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