[FFmpeg-user] How to get he total number of frames

[Michael Koch]

Am 09.03.2021 um 09:46 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
>
> Am 09.03.21 um 09:26 schrieb Peter White:
>> On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 09:13:14AM +0100, Ulf Zibis wrote:
>>> Hi,,
>>>
>>> can one please tell me, how I can get the total number of frames of 
>>> a video?
>> ffmpeg -i input -an -sn -c copy -f null -
>>
>> This basically copies all frames into the void but you get the total
>> count this way in the stats line.
>
> Much thanks. This at least gives a ballpark figure. Is there a way to 
> get the exact frame count?
>

These links might help:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2017843/fetch-frame-count-with-ffmpeg
https://superuser.com/questions/1512575/why-total-frame-count-is-different-in-ffmpeg-than-ffprobe

Michael