Executing avprobe test.h264
outputs
Input #0, h264, from 'test.h264':
Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0.0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 720x480, 25 fps, 25 tbn, 50 tbc
Executing file test.h264
outputs
test.h264: JVT NAL sequence, H.264 video @ L 30
Note that the file isn't damaged or corrupted, I can play it with no problem on VLC.
Is there a way to get the duration and bitrate from a raw H264 file? I read somewhere that it might be possible if I decode the file first, but I'm not sure how this can be done.
Edit #1
I'm the one creating the H264 file with a Python library called picamera
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Edit #2
Console output when running avconv -i test.h264 -f null -
avconv version 11.7-6:11.7-1~deb8u1+rpi1, Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the Libav developers
built on Jun 17 2016 02:13:49 with gcc 4.9.2 (Raspbian 4.9.2-10)
[h264 @ 0x1bcc200] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, h264, from 'test.h264':
Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0.0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 720x480, 25 fps, 25 tbn
Output #0, null, to 'pipe:':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf56.1.0
Stream #0.0: Video: rawvideo, yuv420p, 720x480, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Metadata:
encoder : Lavc56.1.0 rawvideo
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> rawvideo (native))
Press ctrl-c to stop encoding
frame= 208 fps= 68 q=0.0 Lsize= 0kB time=10000000000.00 bitrate= 0.0kbits/s
video:13kB audio:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
You could mux it to a container and then check
ffmpeg -i test.h264 -c copy test.mp4
ffprobe test.mp4
You can also count frames in the H264 and divide by frame rate
ffprobe test.h264 -count_frames -show_entries stream=nb_read_frames,avg_frame_rate,r_frame_rate
Duration = nb_read_frames / avg_frame_rate