Allow specifying streams (e.g. IPTV) as input

Author: norus

README.md

@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 ffprobe-python module
 =====================
 
-A wrapper around the ffprobe command to extract metadata from media files.
+A wrapper around the ffprobe command to extract metadata from media files or streams.
 
-Usage::
+Usage:
 
 ```python
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 from ffprobe import FFProbe
 
+# Local file
 metadata=FFProbe('test-media-file.mov')
 
+# Video stream
+# metadata=FFProbe('http://some-streaming-url.com:8080/stream')
+
 for stream in metadata.streams:
     if stream.is_video():
         print('Stream contains {} frames.'.format(stream.frames()))

ffprobe/ffprobe.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, path_to_video):
         except FileNotFoundError:
             raise IOError('ffprobe not found.')
 
-        if os.path.isfile(self.path_to_video):
+        if os.path.isfile(self.path_to_video) or self.path_to_video.startswith('http'):
             if platform.system() == 'Windows':
                 cmd = ["ffprobe", "-show_streams", self.path_to_video]
             else:
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def __init__(self, path_to_video):
                 elif stream.is_attachment():
                     self.attachment.append(stream)
         else:
-            raise IOError('No such media file ' + self.path_to_video)
+            raise IOError('No such media file or stream is not responding: ' + self.path_to_video)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<FFprobe: {metadata}, {video}, {audio}, {subtitle}, {attachment}>".format(**vars(self))
@@ -204,10 +204,14 @@ def frames(self):
         Returns the length of a video stream in frames. Returns 0 if not a video stream.
         """
         if self.is_video() or self.is_audio():
-            try:
-                frame_count = int(self.__dict__.get('nb_frames', ''))
-            except ValueError:
-                raise FFProbeError('None integer frame count')
+            if self.__dict__.get('nb_frames', '') != 'N/A':
+                try:
+                    frame_count = int(self.__dict__.get('nb_frames', ''))
+                except ValueError:
+                    raise FFProbeError('None integer frame count')
+            else:
+                # When N/A is returned, set frame_count to 0 too
+                frame_count = 0
         else:
             frame_count = 0
 

tests/ffprobe_test.py

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
     os.path.join(test_dir, './data/SampleVideo_1280x720_1mb.mp4'),
 ]
 
+# Taken from https://bitmovin.com/mpeg-dash-hls-examples-sample-streams
+test_streams = [
+    'https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/MI201109210084_1/m3u8s/f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa.m3u8',
+    'https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/playlist.m3u8'
+]
+
 def test_video ():
     for test_video in test_videos:
         media = FFProbe(test_video)
@@ -30,3 +36,23 @@ def test_video ():
                 print(e)
             except Exception as e:
                 print(e)
+
+def test_stream ():
+    for test_stream in test_streams:
+        media = FFProbe(test_stream)
+        print('File:', test_stream)
+        print('\tStreams:', len(media.streams))
+        for index, stream in enumerate(media.streams, 1):
+            print('\tStream: ', index)
+            try:
+                if stream.is_video():
+                    frame_rate = stream.frames() / stream.duration_seconds()
+                    print('\t\tFrame Rate:', frame_rate)
+                    print('\t\tFrame Size:', stream.frame_size())
+                print('\t\tDuration:', stream.duration_seconds())
+                print('\t\tFrames:', stream.frames())
+                print('\t\tIs video:', stream.is_video())
+            except FFProbeError as e:
+                print(e)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(e)