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nicoverbruggen/mediaprobe
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MediaProbe leverages `ffprobe` and `ffmpeg` to extract info and cover images from MP3s or other media files.

v1.1(4y ago)24MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since May 16Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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MediaProbe
==========

[](#mediaprobe)

MediaProbe leverages `ffprobe` and `ffmpeg` to extract info from media files.

System requirements
-------------------

[](#system-requirements)

- PHP 8.0
- `ffmpeg` binaries installed

In order for this to work, the `ffprobe` and `ffmpeg` binaries need to be in your path, or aliased.

On macOS, you may need to run: `brew install ffmpeg`. On Linux, your package manager should contain `ffmpeg`. On Ubuntu, for example, you should run `apt install ffmpeg`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

My primary intended usage here is to extract information from MP3 files, but since `ffprobe` is used much more is possible.

Here's some example usage:

### Retrieve metadata

[](#retrieve-metadata)

This only works if the file can be processed by `ffprobe`, but this parser supports *many* formats.

```
use NicoVerbruggen\MediaProbe\MediaProbe;

$path = "./path/to/my/file.mp3";
$probe = new MediaProbe($path);

$tags = $probe->getMediaInfo()->format->tags;

return [
    'artist' => $tags->artist,
    'album' => $tags->album,
    'title' => $tags->title,
];
```

### Extract cover

[](#extract-cover)

This only works if there's a cover present.

```
use NicoVerbruggen\MediaProbe\MediaProbe;

$path = "./path/to/my/file.mp3";
$probe = new MediaProbe($path);

$destination = "./path/to/cover.jpg";
$probe->extractCover($destination);
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1821d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9b101844b491650ca48000b4c1490126bb44ce0a684ed37aad10b3096c2f6bd9?d=identicon)[nicoverbruggen](/maintainers/nicoverbruggen)

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Top Contributors

[![nicoverbruggen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3715845?v=4)](https://github.com/nicoverbruggen "nicoverbruggen (4 commits)")

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Tags

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