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NAME
esdots — Present the content of an ES as a sequence of characters
SYNOPSIS
esdots [-err stdout] [-err stderr] [-verbose | -v] [-max max_units | -m max_units] [-pes | -ts] [-hasheos] [-es] [-gop] [-fr frame_rate] in_file | -stdin
DESCRIPTION
Present the content of an H.264 (MPEG-4/AVC), H.262 (MPEG-2) or AVS elementary stream as a sequence of characters, representing access units/MPEG-2 items/AVS items. (Note that for H.264 it is access units and not frames that are represented, and for H.262 it is items and not pictures.) Files in_file is an H.222 Transport Stream file (but see -stdin) Switches -err stdout Write error messages to standard output (the default) -err stderr Write error messages to standard error (Unix traditional) -stdin Input from standard input, instead of a file -v, -verbose Output extra information about packets -q, -quiet Only output error messages -max max_units, -m max_units Maximum number of entities to read -pes, -ts The input file is TS or PS, to be read via the PES->ES reading mechanisms -hasheos Print a # on finding an EOS (end-of-stream) NAL unit rather than stopping (only applies to H.264) -es Report ES units, rather than any 'higher' unit (not necessarily supported for all file types) -gop Show the duration of each GOP (for MPEG-2 steams) OR the distance between random access points (H.264) -fr Set the video frame rate (default = 25 fps) Stream type: If input is from a file, then the program will look at the start of the file to determine if the stream is H.264 or H.262 data. This process may occasionally come to the wrong conclusion, in which case the user can override the choice using the following switches. For AVS data, the program will never guess correctly, so the user must specify the file type, using -avs. If input is from standard input (via -stdin), then it is not possible for the program to make its own decision on the input stream type. Instead, it defaults to H.262, and relies on the user indicating if this is wrong. -h264, -avc Force the program to treat the input as MPEG-4/AVC. -h262 Force the program to treat the input as MPEG-2. -avs Force the program to treat the input as AVS.
SEE ALSO
esdots(1),