[FFmpeg-user] Minimum configuration settings for ffprobe-only

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Eugene Gekhter <egekhter <at> pixcel.com> writes:

> What would be the recommended configuration 
> settings if all that was required was to build 
> ffprobe for the sole purpose of determining if 
> ffmpeg can decode the input files?

Apart from what James wrote (which is 100% correct):
Why do you think ffprobe knows what kind of files 
ffmpeg can decode?

Carl Eugen