http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.

html //CURSO DE BASH

ffprobe -show_frames archivo.mp4

arroja el siguiente resultado, en general:

codec_type=video
pict_type=I
width=1024
height=576
quality=0
coded_picture_number=0
display_picture_number=0
interlaced_frame=0
repeat_pict=0
reference=3
stream_index=0
size=822.000 byte
pkt_pts=0:00:00.000000
pkt_dts=0:00:00.960000
pkt_duration=0:00:00.040000
file_pkt_nb=1
stream_pkt_nb=1
pkt_flag_key=K
[/FRAME]

./ffprobe -show_frames -pretty two_pass.mp4 | grep 'size\|pict_type\|

coded_picture_number', mostrar� algo asi:

pict_type=I
coded_picture_number=0
size=822.000 byte
pict_type=P
coded_picture_number=1
size=219.000 byte
pict_type=P
coded_picture_number=2
size=515.000 byte
pict_type=P
coded_picture_number=3
size=942.000 byte
pict_type=B
coded_picture_number=5
size=2.292 Kibyte
pict_type=P
coded_picture_number=4
size=3.896 Kibyte
pict_type=B
coded_picture_number=7
size=5.546 Kibyte
...etc.

# SOFTWARE NEEDED (all open source)

FFmpeg (>SVN-r23145), FFprobe FFprobe (>SVN-r92, currently being merged into FFmpeg
as of time of posting) gnuplot (>4.2), grep, sed.
# COMMAND LINE
./ffprobe -show_frames funnyhq.mp4 | grep 'size\|coded_picture_number\|pict_type' >
raw.dat && paste -s -d '\t\t\n' raw.dat > fixed.dat && sed -e
's/coded_picture_number=//g' -e 's/size=//g' -e 's/pict_type=//g' -e
's/I/167116800/g' -e 's/P/65280/g' -e 's/B/255/g' fixed.dat > column.dat && gnuplot
plot.txt

# GNUPLOT "plot.txt"
set title "1pass"
set xlabel "frame number\n\n./ffmpeg -i funny_bubbles.mov -vcodec libx264 -vpre hq
-b 1500k funnyhq.mp4"
set ylabel "Bytes per frame"
set yrange [0:35000]
set ytics (35000, 30000, 25000, 20000, 15000, 10000, 5000)
set xrange [-10:850]
set lmargin 12
set rmargin 2
set grid
set pointsize 2
set label 1 "I frames"
set label 1 at graph .85, .96 tc lt 1
set label 2 "P frames"
set label 2 at graph .85, .92 tc lt 2
set label 3 "B frames"
set label 3 at graph .85, .88 tc lt 3
plot 'column.dat' using 2:3:1 notitle with i lc rgb variable

Now, to work out how to write a sh script to make it easier.