#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Check local FFmpeg/ffprobe availability and named build capabilities. Non-mutating, dependency-free, and offline: it runs read-only inventory probes, never touches media files, and makes no network requests. Checks reported: ffmpeg / ffprobe availability, resolved path, return code, and the first diagnostic line of the version probe. filters / encoders / hwaccels whether each inventory probe ran, plus a conservative count of parseable entries. A count of zero means the inventory was empty or used an unexpected format; it is a warning, not a proof of absence. Named capability queries: --filter NAME, --encoder NAME, --hwaccel NAME (each repeatable) Report whether each exact name appears in the corresponding inventory. Matching is case-sensitive and exact; a query against an unavailable or empty inventory is reported absent. Output: Default: concise human-readable lines. --json: one JSON document with the shape {"ffmpeg", "ffprobe", "filters", "encoders", "hwaccels", "queries"}. Raw inventory text is never printed; only counts and named results are. Exit codes: 0 tools available, probes ran, and every requested capability is present 1 probe or environment failure (missing binary, failed inventory probe) 2 probes ran but at least one requested capability is absent Human output is evidence for people; the parsed counts and query results in --json output are the stable interface. Inventory text itself varies across FFmpeg versions and builds and is intentionally not treated as an API. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import json import re import shutil import subprocess from typing import Any FIRST_LINE_LIMIT = 200 NAME_RE = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*") ENCODER_FLAG_RE = re.compile(r"[VAS][A-Za-z.]{5}") def first_line(text: str) -> str: for line in text.splitlines(): if line.strip(): return line.strip()[:FIRST_LINE_LIMIT] return "" def probe(binary: str, *args: str) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], str]: """Run one read-only probe. Returns (public report, stdout for parsing).""" path = shutil.which(binary) if not path: return {"available": False, "error": f"{binary} was not found on PATH"}, "" result = subprocess.run([path, *args], capture_output=True, text=True, check=False) report = { "available": result.returncode == 0, "path": path, "returncode": result.returncode, "first_line": first_line(result.stdout + result.stderr), } return report, result.stdout def parse_filters(stdout: str) -> set[str]: """Parse filter names from `ffmpeg -filters` output. Entry lines look like ` .. scale V->V Scale the input video size.` (flags column, name, media spec containing '->'). Legend and separator lines do not have a media spec and are skipped conservatively. """ names: set[str] = set() for line in stdout.splitlines(): fields = line.split() if len(fields) < 3 or "->" not in fields[2]: continue if NAME_RE.fullmatch(fields[1]): names.add(fields[1]) return names def parse_encoders(stdout: str) -> set[str]: """Parse encoder names from `ffmpeg -encoders` output. Entry lines look like ` V....D libx264 libx264 H.264 ...` (type flag, name, description). Legend lines have '=' as the second field and are skipped because '=' is not a valid name character. """ names: set[str] = set() for line in stdout.splitlines(): fields = line.split() if len(fields) < 3 or not ENCODER_FLAG_RE.fullmatch(fields[0]): continue if NAME_RE.fullmatch(fields[1]): names.add(fields[1]) return names def parse_hwaccels(stdout: str) -> set[str]: """Parse hardware acceleration methods from `ffmpeg -hwaccels` output. Each method is listed as a bare word on its own line; the header line and blank lines are skipped. """ names: set[str] = set() for line in stdout.splitlines(): token = line.strip() if NAME_RE.fullmatch(token): names.add(token) return names PARSERS = { "filters": parse_filters, "encoders": parse_encoders, "hwaccels": parse_hwaccels, } def summarize_inventory(report: dict[str, Any], stdout: str, kind: str) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], set[str]]: summary: dict[str, Any] = { "available": report.get("available", False), "returncode": report.get("returncode"), } entries = PARSERS[kind](stdout) if summary["available"] and stdout else set() summary["entry_count"] = len(entries) if summary["available"] and not entries: summary["warning"] = "no parseable entries; inventory empty or unexpected format" for key in ("error", "first_line"): if key in report: summary[key] = report[key] return summary, entries def main() -> int: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Check local FFmpeg tools and named build capabilities before automating.", ) parser.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="emit machine-readable JSON") parser.add_argument( "--filter", action="append", default=[], metavar="NAME", help="check whether filter NAME is available (repeatable)", ) parser.add_argument( "--encoder", action="append", default=[], metavar="NAME", help="check whether encoder NAME is available (repeatable)", ) parser.add_argument( "--hwaccel", action="append", default=[], metavar="NAME", help="check whether hardware acceleration method NAME is available (repeatable)", ) args = parser.parse_args() ffmpeg_report, _ = probe("ffmpeg", "-version") ffprobe_report, _ = probe("ffprobe", "-version") inventories: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {} entries: dict[str, set[str]] = {} for kind in ("filters", "encoders", "hwaccels"): if ffmpeg_report.get("available"): report, stdout = probe("ffmpeg", "-hide_banner", f"-{kind}") else: report, stdout = {"available": False, "error": ffmpeg_report.get("error", "")}, "" inventories[kind], entries[kind] = summarize_inventory(report, stdout, kind) queries = { "filter": {name: name in entries["filters"] for name in dict.fromkeys(args.filter)}, "encoder": {name: name in entries["encoders"] for name in dict.fromkeys(args.encoder)}, "hwaccel": {name: name in entries["hwaccels"] for name in dict.fromkeys(args.hwaccel)}, } queries = {kind: names for kind, names in queries.items() if names} report = { "ffmpeg": ffmpeg_report, "ffprobe": ffprobe_report, "filters": inventories["filters"], "encoders": inventories["encoders"], "hwaccels": inventories["hwaccels"], "queries": queries, } if args.json: print(json.dumps(report, indent=2, sort_keys=True)) else: for name in ("ffmpeg", "ffprobe"): result = report[name] state = "available" if result["available"] else "unavailable" detail = result.get("first_line") or result.get("error", "") print(f"{name}: {state} - {detail}") for kind in ("filters", "encoders", "hwaccels"): summary = report[kind] if not summary["available"]: detail = summary.get("error") or f"probe exited {summary.get('returncode')}" print(f"{kind}: failed - {detail}") elif summary["entry_count"] == 0: print(f"{kind}: 0 entries parsed ({summary.get('warning', 'empty inventory')})") else: print(f"{kind}: {summary['entry_count']} entries parsed") for kind, names in queries.items(): for name, present in names.items(): print(f"{kind} '{name}': {'present' if present else 'absent'}") probe_failures = ( not ffmpeg_report["available"] or not ffprobe_report["available"] or any(not inventories[kind]["available"] for kind in inventories) ) if probe_failures: return 1 if any(not present for names in queries.values() for present in names.values()): return 2 return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": raise SystemExit(main())