title: FFMPEG Extra just codec information
body: <p>I am planning on using FFMPeg with Java, to detect a specific codec and convert this to another. Using the FFMpeg line - </p>
  
  <pre><code>    ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_streams "input.avi"
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  <p>I can print off all of the stream information of the video, but this includes video information, audio information, all metadata, all tags and other information which I just don't need. </p>
  
  <p>Question: Is it possible to launch an FFMpeg command which only returns the video codec, so I don't have to wave through unnecessary information? </p>