Knowing audio and video codec in an .avi

[praveesh]

I have a video player (hardware not a software). It can play some avi files . Is there a way to know which video and audio codecs are present in the video file ? . If I know, I can convert my video collection to that format and play in the video player .
Please help.

[ve4cib]

ffmpeg will give you that information:


$ ffmpeg -i file.avi
...
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s

[tom.swartz07]

ffmpeg will give you that information:


$ ffmpeg -i file.avi
...
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s

+1 for ffmpeg. Its a little difficult to understand at first, because of all of the arguments you need to get a decent output, but it is very good at what it does.


Also, if you need a program to convert stuff, I hear Handbrake is really good: http://handbrake.fr/

[praveesh]

Thank you I'll try .

[praveesh]

+1 for ffmpeg. Its a little difficult to understand at first, because of all of the arguments you need to get a decent output, but it is very good at what it does.


Also, if you need a program to convert stuff, I hear Handbrake is really good: http://handbrake.fr/

that link of handbreak is not working
Edit : now it works . I don't know why it didn't work earlier .

[handy]

that link of handbreak is not working

The handbrake address is correct, so there is something else stopping you.

[NightwishFan]

Edit, oops you use KDE. +1 ffmpeg then.

[Judo]

There are many ways to see these things:

VLC - Tools > Codec Information
SMPlayer : Options > View info and properties
MediaInfo: It's a standalone program that does nothing but display this information. There are DEBs on its website.

Those three should be easier to understand, compared to ffmpeg.

[praveesh]

There are many ways to see these things:

VLC - Tools > Codec Information
SMPlayer : Options > View info and properties
MediaInfo: It's a standalone program that does nothing but display this information. There are DEBs on its website.

Those three should be easier to understand, compared to ffmpeg.

Thanks .

[praveesh]

Edit, oops you use KDE. +1 ffmpeg then.

I use kde . I find it very interesting , professional and easy to use .

[NightwishFan]

No denying! KDE 3.5 made me switch to Linux full time. I am a Gnome user now though, but I still recommend KDE. VLC is great too, and now it is QT4 based.