{"id":42655,"date":"2015-12-15T16:18:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T16:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/?p=42655"},"modified":"2015-12-15T16:24:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T16:24:30","slug":"showing-stream-structure-with-ffmpeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/?p=42655","title":{"rendered":"Showing Stream Structure with FFmpeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered what the structure of your H.264 or other motion-predicted video stream is? With FFmpeg and a Unix (e.g. Linux, BSD, Cygwin) command line, you can find out.<\/p>\n<p><kbd>ffprobe -show_frames  -select_streams v:0 YOURFILE.EXT  | grep pict_type | sed s\/pict_type=\/\/ | tr -d '\\n'<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p>The output is something like this:<\/p>\n<p><code> IPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIPPPPPPPPBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPPIBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBPIBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBPBBPBPBPBPBPBPPPPPPPPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPPIIBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPIPPPBPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIIBPPBPBPPPBPBPBPBPPPBPBPBPBPBPPBPPBPPPBPBPPBPBPPPBPBPBPPBPPPBPBPBPPPIBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPIBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPIBBPB...<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered what the structure of your H.264 or other motion-predicted video stream is? With FFmpeg and a Unix (e.g. Linux, BSD, Cygwin) command line, you can find out. ffprobe -show_frames -select_streams v:0 YOURFILE.EXT | grep pict_type | sed s\/pict_type=\/\/ | tr -d &#8216;\\n&#8217; The output is something like this: IPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIPPPPPPPPBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPPIBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBPIBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBPBBPBPBPBPBPBPPPPPPPPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPPIIBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPBPIPPPBPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIIBPPBPBPPPBPBPBPBPPPBPBPBPBPBPPBPPBPPPBPBPPBPBPPPBPBPBPPBPPPBPBPBPPPIBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPIBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPBBBPIBBPB&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-encoding","category-film-making"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42659,"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42655\/revisions\/42659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnwarburton.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}