compare media example (exiftool, ffprobe)

[barcat.git] / barcat

diff --git a/barcat b/barcat
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+++ b/barcat
@@ -609,6 +609,16 @@ Same from formatted results, selecting the first numeric value:
 
     tree -s --noreport | barcat -H -f+
 
+Compare media metadata, like image size or play time:
+
+    exiftool -T -p '$megapixels ($imagesize) $filename' * | barcat
+
+    exiftool -T -p '$duration# $avgbitrate# $filename' * | barcat -H
+
+    find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -L1 \
+    ffprobe -show_format -of json -v error |
+    jq -r '[.format|.duration,.bit_rate,.filename]|join(" ")' | barcat -H
+
 Memory usage of user processes with long names truncated:
 
     ps xo rss,pid,cmd | barcat -l40