How to get h264 video info?

Question

How can I get specific h264 video information from video file? I need to know profile (Baseline/Main/High) and is there B-Frames in movie?

Answer 1

Does mediainfo provide the output you need? http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

(if you're on a Mac, you can install easily with brew. > brew install media-info)

$ mediainfo Dream.House.sample.mkv 
General
Unique ID                        : 247222296143464620093895254679791638636 (0xB9FD4845398D136BB4A1628DB750986C)
Complete name                    : Dream.House.sample.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
Format version                   : Version 2
File size                        : 126 MiB
Duration                         : 1mn 56s
Overall bit rate                 : 9 042 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-12-15 03:44:07
Writing application              : mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Writing library                  : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                         : 1mn 56s
Bit rate                         : 5 843 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 2.40:1
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.350
Stream size                      : 81.5 MiB (65%)
Language                         : English

Audio #1
ID                               : 2
Format                           : DTS
Format/Info                      : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID                         : A_DTS
Duration                         : 1mn 56s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 24 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : 67ms
Stream size                      : 21.1 MiB (17%)
Language                         : Russian

Audio #2
ID                               : 3
Format                           : DTS
Format/Info                      : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID                         : A_DTS
Duration                         : 1mn 56s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 24 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : 67ms
Stream size                      : 21.1 MiB (17%)
Language                         : English