ffmpeg -i c:\temp\video.mpg
-i is the input argument. By specifying an input, but no output, FFMPEG will inspect the file and give you lots of information such as:
Video
- Encoding
- Streams
- Bit Rate
- Aspect Ratio
- Frame Rate
Audio
- Encoding
- Bit depth
- Sampling Frequency
- Channels
Example Output
ffmpeg.exe -i "C:\temp\audio\image\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB"
ffmpeg version N-42347-g299387e Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul 8 2012 15:44:54 with gcc 4.7.1
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-frei0r -enable libass --enable-libcelt --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libutvideo --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
libavutil 51. 64.100 / 51. 64.100
libavcodec 54. 33.100 / 54. 33.100
libavformat 54. 15.102 / 54. 15.102
libavdevice 54. 1.100 / 54. 1.100
libavfilter 3. 1.100 / 3. 1.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 15.100 / 0. 15.100
libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100
[mpeg @ 01edf700] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5016000
Input #0, mpeg, from 'C:\temp\audio\image\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB':
Duration: 00:03:06.80, start: 0.500000, bitrate: 6265 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 720x480 [SAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 104857 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 60 tbc
Stream #0:1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified