OT: extracting codec info from an mpeg video file

[Paul Rumelhart]

Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Sorry for the OT questions.
> I have managed to find on the web a short video clip with a .mpg file extension which plays on an 
> Artech Portable DVD Player :-) I now would like to be able to find out how the said file is built 
> ie. what do I have to do to replicate its make-up.
> Any cmd line suggestions? I did look through the man pages for ffmpeg but no joy and I also 
> scoured the web but again no joy :-(
>
> TIA
>
> Blessings,
>
> Nigel
>
>   
I'm not sure what all you need, but I find running mplayer with the 
-identify switch gives a lot of information.  Run it from command-line 
(it will launch a gui to show the video), then exit the video and look 
at the information it output.

Paul