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skvideo.io.ffprobe

skvideo.io.ffprobe(filename)[source]

get metadata by using ffprobe

Checks the output of ffprobe on the desired video file. MetaData is then parsed into a dictionary.

Parameters:

filename : string

Path to the video file

Returns:

metaDict : dict

Dictionary containing all header-based information about the passed-in source video.