ffprobe -show_streams input.mp4 Lists every single frame in the file (video, audio, subtitle). This can be extremely verbose. Use with -select_streams v to limit to video frames.
ffprobe -show_format input.mkv Shows detailed information about each stream (video, audio, subtitle, data). This includes codec name, profile, level, bitrate, frame rate, pixel format, color space, etc. ffprobe.exe
While FFmpeg is the workhorse for converting and manipulating audio and video, ffprobe.exe is the analyst. It doesn't change a single byte of your media. Instead, it reads media files and displays their internal structure, metadata, and stream characteristics with surgical precision. For developers, quality assurance engineers, content archivists, and video enthusiasts, ffprobe is the first and most important tool in the diagnostic toolkit. ffprobe -show_streams input