A Bash ffmpeg progress indicator

[prupert]

For those that are interested, I have written a bash script for ffmpeg that allows you to monitor the progress, rather than have your CLI flooded with loads of garbage.

I have written about it here:

http://www.prupert.co.uk/2010/05/11/...eg-that-works/

Hope some people find it useful.

UPDATE:

The script now includes better error checking and an ETA in hours, minutes and seconds.

[chiwi]

i thought ffmpeg told you - among the 'garbage' - the progress.

Thanks for the script, i'll give it a try next time i use ffmpeg.

[prupert]

i thought ffmpeg told you - among the 'garbage' - the progress.

Thanks for the script, i'll give it a try next time i use ffmpeg.

Well, it does it in a very roundabout way, printing what appears to be a new line every second or so with info about the current frame, FPS, time so far and bitrate. However, unless you log this all to a file, then open up the log and read through it all, it doesn't give you any easy to read indication about how far the conversion has progressed and how long there is to go.

My script simply does lots of crude bash workarounds to hide all this stuff away to simply show you just the following in the terminal:

/home/rupert/Downloads/Village of the Damned.mpg..mpg has 172447 frames, now converting
ffmpeg PID = 24868
ffmpeg: 43062 of 172447 frames, progress: 24% and ETA: 1h 42m 41s

With the last line updating every ten seconds to show you how long is left to go.

Which, if you ask me, is a lot more informative than:

frame=42992 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217692kB time=1717.72 bitrate=1038.2kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43002 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217692kB time=1718.12 bitrate=1038.0kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43018 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217756kB time=1718.76 bitrate=1037.9kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43036 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217788kB time=1719.48 bitrate=1037.6kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43050 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217820kB time=1720.04 bitrate=1037.4kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43062 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217852kB time=1720.52 bitrate=1037.3kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43078 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217884kB time=1721.16 bitrate=1037.0kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43090 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217916kB time=1721.64 bitrate=1036.9kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43106 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217948kB time=1722.28 bitrate=1036.7kbits/s dup=12 drop=0
    Last message repeated 2 times
[mpeg2video @ 0x8f7ebf0]ac-tex damaged at 15 0
[mpeg2video @ 0x8f7ebf0]concealing 90 DC, 90 AC, 90 MV errors    
frame=43122 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217981kB time=1722.92 bitrate=1036.4kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43140 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218045kB time=1723.64 bitrate=1036.3kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43155 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218077kB time=1724.24 bitrate=1036.1kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43168 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218141kB time=1724.76 bitrate=1036.1kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43182 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218205kB time=1725.32 bitrate=1036.1kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43194 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218237kB time=1725.80 bitrate=1035.9kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43207 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218269kB time=1726.32 bitrate=1035.8kbits/s dup=12 drop=0

[chiwi]

Which, if you ask me, is a lot more informative than:

frame=42992 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217692kB time=1717.72 bitrate=1038.2kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43002 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217692kB time=1718.12 bitrate=1038.0kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43018 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217756kB time=1718.76 bitrate=1037.9kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43036 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217788kB time=1719.48 bitrate=1037.6kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43050 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217820kB time=1720.04 bitrate=1037.4kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43062 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217852kB time=1720.52 bitrate=1037.3kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43078 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217884kB time=1721.16 bitrate=1037.0kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43090 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217916kB time=1721.64 bitrate=1036.9kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43106 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217948kB time=1722.28 bitrate=1036.7kbits/s dup=12 drop=0
    Last message repeated 2 times
[mpeg2video @ 0x8f7ebf0]ac-tex damaged at 15 0
[mpeg2video @ 0x8f7ebf0]concealing 90 DC, 90 AC, 90 MV errors    
frame=43122 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  217981kB time=1722.92 bitrate=1036.4kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43140 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218045kB time=1723.64 bitrate=1036.3kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43155 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218077kB time=1724.24 bitrate=1036.1kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43168 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218141kB time=1724.76 bitrate=1036.1kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43182 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218205kB time=1725.32 bitrate=1036.1kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43194 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218237kB time=1725.80 bitrate=1035.9kbits/s dup=12 drop=0    
frame=43207 fps= 21 q=29.0 size=  218269kB time=1726.32 bitrate=1035.8kbits/s dup=12 drop=0

That's why you can't see the Matrix...

[prupert]

That's why you can't see the Matrix...

LOL, I haven't laughed so much to a forum post for a long time!

Well, maybe I can see the matrix, I just don't like it being all in green

[paramvir]

Hi prupert

How are things - ok here is something that might interest you

Had already worked out how to show information for mencoder some years back so was now using ffmpeg for libx264 encoding and saw ur post as well. Have used awk aggressively as you will see below in the code and have done away with the need for - among other things 'bc' for floating point stuff and also a simpler direct approach for file information.

this routine is for getting the total frames in a video:

ffframes ()
{
	# same as what you had
	ff_length1=( $(ffmpeg -i "$movie" 2>&1 | sed -n "s/.* Duration: \([^,]*\), start: .*/\1/p") )
	# here straight awk output of total length
	ff_length=( $(echo "$ff_length1" | awk -F':'  '{ print $1*3600 + $2*60 + $3 }'));
		
	ff_fps=( $(ffmpeg -i "$movie" 2>&1 | sed -n "s/.*, \(.*\) tbr.*/\1/p") )
	# here we have total number of frames
	total_frames=( $(echo $ff_length $ff_fps | awk '{ printf( "%3.0f\n" ,($1*$2)) } '));
	
	echo total-frames $total_frames 
}

Now the video encoding output

ffvideo ()
{
	ffframes

	ffmpeg -i "$fftfile1" $ffmakespecs "$fftfile" 2>&1 | \
		awk -vRS="\r" '$1 ~ /frame/ {gsub(/frame=/," ");gsub(/fps=/," ");gsub(/kB/," ");gsub(/time=/," ");gsub(/ \(/," ");print "\n#Converting video : '"$fftfile"'.\\n\\nCurrent Frame :\\t\t"$1"\\t\t\tFrame rate (s) :\\t\t\t"$2"\\nFile size (mb) :\\t\t"int($5/1024)"."int((($5/1024)-(int($5/1024)))*10)"\\nDuration of video :\\t'$ff_length1'\\tTime elapsed in video :\\t"int($6/3600)":"int((($6/3600)-(int($6/3600)))*60)":"int((($6/60)-(int($6/60)))*60)"\\nTime Remaining :\\t"int((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/3600)":"int((((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/3600)-(int((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/3600)))*60)":"int((((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/60)-(int((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/60)))*60)"\\t\tPercent complete :\\t\t"int(($6/'$ff_length')*100) "%"; \
		fflush();}' | \
		zenity --progress \
			--auto-kill \
			--auto-close \
			--title="$title" \
			--width=500

}

For use in Mencoder encoding :

/usr/bin/mencoder "$vid_in" "$vid_pass0" "$logo_in" "$tfile" 2>&1 | awk -vRS="\r" '$1 ~ /Pos/ {gsub(/Pos:/," ");gsub(/%\)/," ");gsub(/ \(/," ");print $3"\n#Position :\\t"$1"\\nFrame :\\t"$2"\\nPercentage :\\t"$3"%\\nFrame Rate :\\t"$4"\\nTime Remaining :\\t"$6; fflush();}' | zenity --progress --auto-kill --auto-close --title='${mpg_file_1}' --width=500

Only issue with FFMPEG - so far - is I am unable to get the sliding progress indicator working in the zenity progress dialog.

Hope it helps - let me know what you think of it

cheers

Param

ps.. oh and chiwi that was really funnny ha ha ha

[prupert]

This is great, I shall investigate your suggestions with interest and see how it all works.

Thanks for taking the time to post this.

[paramvir]

Now things look much better - been busy but magic still happens

I am now on KDE 4.5.2 on Arch and it is just fantabulous...

and my scripts wouldn't work - so I was back diving into them and after some head banging etc - have a solution to the progress bar for ffmpeg output::

For ffmpeg the change is the "print" statement b4 fflush!

ffvideo ()
{
    ffmpeg -i "$1" $2 "$3" 2>&1 | \
        awk -vRS="\r" '$1 ~ /frame/ {gsub(/frame=/," ");gsub(/fps=/," ");gsub(/kB/," ");gsub(/time=/," ");gsub(/ \(/," ");print "\n#Converting video : '"$4 : $1"'.\\n\\nTotal Frames : \\t\t'$total_frames'\\t\tCurrent Frame :\\t"$1"\\nFrame rate (s) :\\t"$2"\\nTarget File size  :\\t"int(($5/($1/'$total_frames'))/1024)"."int(((($5/($1/'$total_frames'))/1024)-int(($5/($1/'$total_frames'))/1024))*10)" \\nDuration of video :\\t'$ff_length1'\\tTime Remaining :\\t"int((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/3600)":"int((((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/3600)-(int((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/3600)))*60)":"int((((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/60)-(int((('$total_frames'-$1)/$2)/60)))*60)"\\nPercent complete :\\t"int(($1/'$total_frames')*100) " %";print int(($1/'$total_frames')*100);fflush();}' | \
        zenity --progress \
            --auto-kill \
            --auto-close \
            --title="$3" \
            --width=500 \
            --percentage=0
}

have a blast

cheers

[paul kinell]

Hi, another take on the idea using ffmpeg's --vstats switch and Zenity,
prupert you might recognize some of your code ideas here.

http://handybashscripts.blogspot.com...gress-bar.html

Not much in the way of error checking but it works ok fer me.

Cheers,
paul kinell aka robz

[prupert]

Always good to see improvements to the FFmpeg progres indicator. I still find it so hit and miss.