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imageio_ffmpeg_get_executable_path_and_version.py
pythonA basic example showing how to retrieve the path to the ffmpeg executable
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imageio_ffmpeg_get_executable_path_and_version.py
1import imageio_ffmpeg
2import subprocess
3
4# Get the path to the ffmpeg executable provided by this package
5ffmpeg_path = imageio_ffmpeg.get_ffmpeg_exe()
6
7# Call the executable to get the version string
8version_info = subprocess.check_output([ffmpeg_path, "-version"]).decode("utf-8")
9
10print(f"FFMPEG Path: {ffmpeg_path}")
11print(f"FFMPEG Version: {version_info.splitlines()[0]}")