section with name "PACKET".
@item -show_frames
-Show information about each video frame contained in the input multimedia
+Show information about each frame contained in the input multimedia
stream.
The information for each single frame is printed within a dedicated
This option is enabled by default, but you may need to disable it
for specific uses, for example when creating XSD-compliant XML output.
+@item -show_program_version
+Show information related to program version.
+
+Version information is printed within a section with name
+"PROGRAM_VERSION".
+
+@item -show_library_versions
+Show information related to library versions.
+
+Version information for each library is printed within a section with
+name "LIBRARY_VERSION".
+
+@item -show_versions
+Show information related to program and library versions. This is the
+equivalent of setting both @option{-show_program_version} and
+@option{-show_library_versions} options.
+
@item -i @var{input_file}
Read @var{input_file}.
Each section is printed using JSON notation.
+This writer accepts options as a list of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
+separated by ":".
+
+The description of the accepted options follows.
+
+@table @option
+
+@item compact, c
+If set to 1 enable compact output, that is each section will be
+printed on a single line. Default value is 0.
+@end table
+
For more information about JSON, see @url{http://www.json.org/}.
@section xml
For more information about the XML format, see
@url{http://www.w3.org/XML/}.
+@chapter Timecode
+
+@command{ffprobe} supports Timecode extraction:
+
+@itemize
+
+@item MPEG1/2 timecode is extracted from the GOP, and is available in the video
+stream details (@option{-show_streams}, see @var{timecode}).
+
+@item MOV timecode is extracted from tmcd track, so is available in the tmcd
+stream metadata (@option{-show_streams}, see @var{TAG:timecode}).
+
+@item DV and GXF timecodes are available in format metadata
+(@option{-show_format}, see @var{TAG:timecode}).
+
+@end itemize
+
@c man end WRITERS
@include decoders.texi