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ittybit step probe

Inspect a media file

Synopsis

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Probe a media file or URL and display its properties.

Input is a JSON object with a url field: ittybit step probe -i ’{“url”:“https://example.com/video.mp4”}’ ittybit step probe -i ’{“object”:“external_file”,“url”:“s3://bucket/video.mp4”}’

Outputs a source object (JSON) to stdout with full media metadata.

Requires FFprobe (part of FFmpeg) to be installed.

ittybit step probe [flags]

Options

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  -h, --help           help for probe
  -i, --input string   Input as JSON object with url field (or - for stdin)

Options inherited from parent commands

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      --cloud               Run on Ittybit cloud infrastructure instead of locally
      --connection string   Connection name to use
      --debug               Show debug output including ffmpeg commands and stderr
      --json                Output as JSON
  -o, --output string       Output file path
      --tty                 Output as human-readable text

SEE ALSO

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