Bug#694616: libav-tools: avprobe does not support -show_frames option from ffprobe

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: tags -1 moreinfo upstream

On 2012-11-28 12:02:28, David Banks wrote:
> Package: libav-tools
> Version: 6:0.8.4-1
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/bin/avprobe
> 
> Hey,
> 
> The 'ffprobe' tool from ffmpeg supports the option -show_frames, which produces
> output like the following:
> 
>   [FRAME]
>   media_type=video
>   key_frame=1
>   pkt_pts=N/A
>   pkt_pts_time=N/A
>   pkt_dts=1
>   pkt_dts_time=0.040000
>   pkt_duration=1
>   pkt_duration_time=0.040000
>   pkt_pos=17724
>   width=608
>   height=336
>   pix_fmt=yuv420p
>   sample_aspect_ratio=1:1
>   pict_type=I
>   coded_picture_number=0
>   display_picture_number=0
>   interlaced_frame=0
>   top_field_first=0
>   repeat_pict=0
>   reference=3
>   [/FRAME]
>   ...
> 
> It prints detailed per-frame information.  It differs from the output of
> -show_packets, which avprobe does support, by showing more detailed information
> about the video encoding.  This example output is from the 'ffprobe' in the
> upstream git repository of ffmpeg.  The 'ffprobe' that was in squeeze also
> supports the -show_frames option, so in some ways this is a feature regression
> with the libav transition.  However, the output from the ffprobe in squeeze is
> considerably less detailed, and didn't work for some files that I tested on; so
> merging the code from ffmpeg would be preferable.

Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. This needs to be
implemented upstream. Could you take this upstream by filing a bug
report following https://libav.org/bugreports.html?

Please let us know the bug number so we can track the issue.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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