[FFmpeg-trac] #2568(avformat:closed): ffprobe is unreliable when processing random text files

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Tue May 14 21:20:23 CEST 2013


#2568: ffprobe is unreliable when processing random text files
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             Reporter:  ahthovaikied  |                    Owner:
                 Type:  defect        |                   Status:  closed
             Priority:  normal        |                Component:  avformat
              Version:  git-master    |               Resolution:  invalid
             Keywords:  text          |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:                |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0             |
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Comment (by ahthovaikied):

 Wow, I didn't know that ffmpeg could "play" text files.

 A few questions though:
 - why are some text files rejected (as expected), and some others
 identified as video files (very counter intuitively)?
 - ffprobe is described as "media prober", so what does the fact that
 ffmpeg can play a text file has anything to do with the nature of this
 file which is certainly not a video with a 640x400 resolution?

 Thanks

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Ticket URL: <https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/2568#comment:4>
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