ffmpeg [global_options] {[input_file_options] -i input_url} ...
{[output_file_options] output_url} ...ffmpeg reads from an arbitrary number of input "files" (which can be regular files, pipes, network streams, grabbing devices, etc.), specified by the -i option, and writes to an arbitrary number of output "files", which are specified by a plain output url. Anything found on the command line which cannot be interpreted as an option is considered to be an output url. ... Get it: https://www.pdfdrive.com/ffmpeg-documentation-e201036326.html On 7/6/21, Bo Berglund <bo.bergl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Before I run my Linux script for download a youtube video stream I would > like to > be able to check if the URL supplied is valid, i.e. it does not display an > error > message like this video does: > https://youtu.be/21qP3flYoic > > Can this be done using youtube-dl or straight ffmpeg? > > I need a bash script or function "validytvideo" which returns 0 if the URL > is OK > and 1 if not. > > I am using ffmpeg in scripts to download news videos unattended and I want > to be > notified when a YouTube URL has become unavailable... > > Please suggest a bash script solution rather than python, which I do not > master... > > > -- > Bo Berglund > Developer in Sweden > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
