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),