NAME

       esdots — Present the content of an ES as a sequence of characters

SYNOPSIS

       esdots  [-err  stdout]  [-err  stderr]  [-verbose  |  -v]  [-max  max_units  | -m max_units] [-pes | -ts]
              [-hasheos] [-es] [-gop] [-fr frame_rate] in_file | -stdin

DESCRIPTION

       Present the content of an H.264 (MPEG-4/AVC), H.262 (MPEG-2) or AVS elementary stream as  a  sequence  of
       characters, representing access units/MPEG-2 items/AVS items.

       (Note  that  for  H.264 it is access units and not frames that are represented, and for H.262 it is items
       and not pictures.)

   Files
       in_file
               is an H.222 Transport Stream file (but see -stdin)

   Switches
       -err stdout
               Write error messages to standard output (the default)

       -err stderr
               Write error messages to standard error (Unix traditional)

       -stdin  Input from standard input, instead of a file

       -v, -verbose
               Output extra information about packets

       -q, -quiet
               Only output error messages

       -max max_units, -m max_units
               Maximum number of entities to read

       -pes, -ts
               The input file is TS or PS, to be read via the PES->ES reading mechanisms

       -hasheos
               Print a # on finding an EOS (end-of-stream) NAL unit rather than stopping (only applies to H.264)

       -es     Report ES units, rather than any 'higher' unit (not necessarily supported for all file types)

       -gop    Show the duration of each GOP (for MPEG-2 steams) OR the distance between  random  access  points
               (H.264)

       -fr     Set the video frame rate (default = 25 fps)

   Stream type:
       If  input  is from a file, then the program will look at the start of the file to determine if the stream
       is H.264 or H.262 data. This process may occasionally come to the wrong conclusion,  in  which  case  the
       user can override the choice using the following switches.

       For AVS data, the program will never guess correctly, so the user must specify the file type, using -avs.

       If  input  is  from  standard input (via -stdin), then it is not possible for the program to make its own
       decision on the input stream type.  Instead, it defaults to H.262, and relies on the user  indicating  if
       this is wrong.

       -h264, -avc
               Force the program to treat the input as MPEG-4/AVC.

       -h262   Force the program to treat the input as MPEG-2.

       -avs    Force the program to treat the input as AVS.

SEE ALSO

       esdots(1),

Debian                                          October 28, 2015                                       ESDOTS(1)