[FFmpeg-user] How to identify the format of a video file with no extension?

[Carl Zwanzig]

On 3/8/2020 8:15 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
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>> Am 08.03.2020 um 14:50 schrieb Stanislas Defawes<sdefawes at ina.fr>:
>>
>> I think you better use Mediainfo for that

> Why?
> If you have a video file that cannot be detected with FFmpeg, please share it!

The OP didn't say that ffmpeg wouldn't do the job, they asked an open-ended 
question. Mediainfo _is_ a good tool for that particular job; ffmpeg will do 
it, too.

z!