How to get fps for video with ffmpeg in c++? - c++

Question

I have videofile. How can I get fps for this video with ffmpeg in c++?
Type full code, please.

Answer 1

This is a simple program I wrote to dump video information to console:
#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
if (argc < 2)
{
printf("No video file.\n");
return -1;
}
av_register_all();
AVFormatContext *pFormatCtx = NULL;
//open video file
if (avformat_open_input(&pFormatCtx, argv[1], NULL, NULL) != 0)
return -1;
//get stream info
if (avformat_find_stream_info(pFormatCtx, NULL) < 0)
return -1;
av_dump_format(pFormatCtx, 0, argv[1], 0);
}
Compile and run it, output looks like:
s#ubuntu-vm:~/Desktop/video-info-dump$ ./vdump a.mp4
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'a.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 1
compatible_brands: isom
creation_time : 2014-04-23 06:18:02
encoder : FormatFactory : www.pcfreetime.com
Duration: 00:07:20.60, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1354 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: mpeg4 (Simple Profile) (mp4v / 0x7634706D), yuv420p, 640x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 1228 kb/s, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 24k tbn, 24 tbc (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2014-04-23 06:18:02
handler_name : video
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 123 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2014-04-23 06:18:25
handler_name : sound
Recommend a very good tutorial for ffmpeg and SDL.

Answer 2

#zhm answer was very close, I've made a small update to get the frame rate only. On my end, I need the bit_rate and this is an int64_t value in the AVFormatContext *.
For the FPS, you need to go through the list of streams, probably check whether it's audio or video, and then access the r_frame_rate, which is an AVRational value. The parameter is a nominator and denominator, you can simple divide one by the other to get a double and they even offer a function (av_q2d()) to do it.
int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
if (argc < 2)
{
printf("No video file.\n");
return -1;
}
av_register_all();
AVFormatContext *pFormatCtx = NULL;
//open video file
if (avformat_open_input(&pFormatCtx, argv[1], NULL, NULL) != 0)
return -1;
//get stream info
if (avformat_find_stream_info(pFormatCtx, NULL) < 0)
return -1;
// dump the whole thing like ffprobe does
//av_dump_format(pFormatCtx, 0, argv[1], 0);
// get the frame rate of each stream
for(int idx(0); idx < pFormatCtx->nb_streams; ++idx)
{
AVStream *s(pFormatCtx->streams[idx]);
std::cout << idx << ". " << s->r_frame_rate.nom
<< " / " << s->r_frame_rate.den
<< " = " << av_q2d(s->r_frame_rate)
<< "\n";
}
// get the video bit rate
std::cout << "bit rate " << pFormatCtx->bit_rate << "\n";
return 0;
}
For more information, you may want to take a look at the avformat.h header where the AVFormatContext and AVStream structures are defined.

Answer 3

You could execute ffmpeg.exe like this ffmpeg -i filename and it would output the framerate if its not variable.
Example:
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'somerandom.mkv':
Duration: 01:16:10.90, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0.0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 720x344 [PAR 1:1 DAR 90:43], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 50 tbc (default)
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16 (default)
This video has a fps of 25.
To execute a program you can use the answer in https://stackoverflow.com/a/17703834/58553
Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/110264/how-to-find-frames-per-second-of-any-video-file