alfred-ffprobe

[Vookimedlo]

Hello Alfred users,

 

I created a new Alfred workflow, or better said file action, called alfred-ffprobe. It displays information about selected video files.

 

Github

 

alfred-ffprobe

Alfred 3 workflow to display an information about various video files.

Installation

1. Install the ffprobe to you MacOS.

   • You could do it for example by using Homebrew and installing ffmpeg package.
   • brew install ffmpeg

2. Install alfred-ffprobe wokflow.

Usage

Select a video file in finder and invoke the alfred file actions ⌃⌘\.

Choose the Analyze media file in displayed menu and the information about selected video will be shown.

 

 

[Vookimedlo]

I have rewritten it from scratch. This is my first Alfred 3 workflow, so I use it to investigate what is possible in the amazing Alfred.

 

Github

 

alfred-ffprobe

Alfred 3 workflow to display an information about various video files.

Installation

1. Install the ffprobe to your MacOS.

   • You could do it for example by using Homebrew and installing ffmpeg package.
   • brew install ffmpeg

2. Install alfred-ffprobe wokflow.

3. All further updates are handled automatically.

Usage

Select a video file or more video files in finder and invoke the alfred file actions ⌃⌘\.

Choose the Analyze media file... in displayed menu and select appropriate action.

Then, the information about selected videos will be shown. The full ffprobe output could be retrieved by selecting the option Full output.

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From time to time, full results could be annoying, so there is another option just showing the results describing inner streams. Just select the option Just streams. Output is much more well-arranged.

[Stooovie]

Hey, fellow Czech Alfred lover here, thanks for this, it's incredibly useful for a video editor!

[Stooovie]

Hi, in Big Sur 11.3, I'm getting this for any video file:

 

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/srt/lib/libsrt.1.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/ffprobe
Reason: image not found

Reinstalling ffmpeg/ffprobe and homebrew didn't help. Any clues?

[xgo]

can you access ffprobe or ffmpeg from terminal normally? I remember running into this a while back, but it's not a workflow issue mostly a way that the library isn't able to being loaded. Was getting a similar error from terminal under a default session.

 

might be a full homebrew issue:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50657490/ffmpeg-macos-install-reason-image-not-found/50657591

[Stooovie]

worked until today, I'm getting

dyld[66825]: Library not loaded: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0/lib/libavdevice.60.dylib
  Referenced from: <83BB9D42-50F4-346C-87CB-314486B0C46D> /usr/local/bin/ffprobe
  Reason: tried: '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0/lib/libavdevice.60.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0/lib/libavdevice.60.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0/lib/libavdevice.60.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/lib/libavdevice.60.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libavdevice.60.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)

 

reinstalling ffmpeg via homebrew didn't fix the issue. Sonoma 14.0. I think I did have it working fine in Sonoma last week.

Edited October 18, 2023 by Stooovie