node-red-contrib-ffprobe-z 1.0.0

Node-RED node to analyze media files using ffprobe (FFmpeg). Returns detailed technical information about video, audio, subtitles, chapters and container.

npm install node-red-contrib-ffprobe-z

node-red-contrib-ffprobe-z

A robust Node-RED node that uses ffprobe (from FFmpeg) to extract detailed technical information from media files (video, audio, subtitles, chapters, container, etc.).

Features

• Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS)
• Supports local paths and Windows UNC paths
• Automatic fallback to bundled ffprobe or system ffprobe
• Full override of ffprobe arguments via msg.payload.args
• Detailed error handling and status reporting
• Clean and informative status on the node

Pre-requisites

• Node-RED
• FFmpeg / ffprobe installed (or use the bundled version via ffprobe-static)

Installation

npm install node-red-contrib-ffprobe-z