* Added getFileInfo to extract information about the video/audio file

Author: khalwat

src/config.php

@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
     // The path to the ffmpeg binary
     "ffmpegPath" => "/usr/bin/ffmpeg",
 
+    // The path to the ffprobe binary
+    "ffprobePath" => "/usr/bin/ffprobe",
+
+    // The options to use for ffprobe
+    "ffprobeOptions" => "-v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams",
+
     // The path where the transcoded videos are stored
     "transcoderPath" => $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/transcoder/",
 

src/services/Transcoder.php

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public function getVideoThumbnailUrl($filePath, $thumbnailOptions): string
             if (file_exists($destThumbnailPath)) {
                 $result = Craft::$app->config->get("transcoderUrl", "transcoder").$destThumbnailFile;
             } else {
-                $pid = shell_exec($ffmpegCmd);
+                $shellOutput = shell_exec($ffmpegCmd);
                 Craft::info($ffmpegCmd, __METHOD__);
                 $result = Craft::$app->config->get("transcoderUrl", "transcoder").$destThumbnailFile;
             }
@@ -183,6 +183,36 @@ public function getVideoThumbnailUrl($filePath, $thumbnailOptions): string
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Extract information from a video
+     *
+     * @param $filePath
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getFileInfo($filePath): array
+    {
+
+        $result = null;
+        $filePath = $this->getAssetPath($filePath);
+
+        if (file_exists($filePath)) {
+            // Build the basic command for ffprobe
+            $ffprobeOptions = Craft::$app->config->get("ffprobeOptions", "transcoder");
+            $ffprobeCmd = Craft::$app->config->get("ffprobePath", "transcoder")
+                .' '.$ffprobeOptions
+                .' '.escapeshellarg($filePath);
+
+            $shellOutput = shell_exec($ffprobeCmd);
+            Craft::info($ffprobeCmd, __METHOD__);
+            $result = json_decode($shellOutput, true);
+            Craft::info(print_r($result, true), __METHOD__);
+            Craft::dd($result);
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Extract a file system path if $filePath is an Asset object
      *

src/variables/TranscoderVariable.php

@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ public function getVideoThumbnailUrl($filePath, $thumbnailOptions): string
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Extract information from a video/audio file
+     *
+     * @param $filePath
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getFileInfo($filePath): array
+    {
+        $result = Transcoder::$plugin->transcoder->getFileInfo($filePath);
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a download URL
      *