ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams input.mp4

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ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams input.mp4

Show full format and stream metadata as JSON

Dumps every piece of metadata ffprobe can find, like format info, duration, bitrate, and all streams, as machine-readable JSON. -v quiet hides status messages and -print_format json selects the output shape. Pipe into jq to filter fields.
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