Command to get information about a mp3 using ffmpeg?

Question

Is there a command with ffmpeg that returns information about an mp3 like the bitrate or sampling frequency?

Answer 1

There is a ffprobe.

Simple usage:

ffprobe foo.mp3 2>&1 | grep -A1 Duration:

will give you output (without displaying any extra window) like:

  Duration: 00:03:10.48, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s

Answer 2

you can try:

ffmpeg -i filename