ID

bb18734

date

2025-11-13 23:13:28+00:00

author

Alex Chan <alex@alexwlchan.net>

parent

83452a5

message

Add a quick `get_codec` script

changed files

1 file, 14 additions

• get_codec

Changed files

get_codec (0) → get_codec (284)

diff --git a/get_codec b/get_codec
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c0ad717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get_codec
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+# get_codec uses `mediainfo` to print the codec of a video file.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+if (( $# == 0 ))
+then
+  echo "Usage: $0 VIDEO_FILE" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+print_info "mediainfo --Inform=\"Video;%Format%\" ${1:q}"
+mediainfo --Inform="Video;%Format%" "$1"