How can I get the resolution (width and height) for a video file from a linux command line?

Question

I\'ve been digging through the mplayer/mencoder and ffmpeg documentation and I can\'t seem to come up with anything. I\'m not especially picky as to the out

Answer 1

Here's an "almost-one-liner" I've concocted around ffprobe for exactly this purpose. Works pretty well for me both on Linux and MacOS.

#!/bin/bash

B='[[:blank:]]'
D='[[:digit:]]'
ffprobe "$1" 2>&1 \
    | grep 'Stream.*Video.*fps' \
    | sed "s/^.*$B\($D$D$D*x$D$D$D*\).*$/\1/"