<p>The intended way to do this is to add <code>-hide_banner</code>. This way, logging is still visible.</p>

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2021-03-30T04:16:16.057Z
2021-03-30T04:16:16.057Z
Gyan
<p>Is there a way to suppress configuration information when starting ffplay? I know I could redirect to /dev/null but I don't want to lose stderr or stdout. Thanks!</p>

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ffplay -- suppress configuration information on startup
moorej
# ffplay -- suppress configuration information on startup

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-29)

Is there a way to suppress configuration information when starting ffplay? I know I could redirect to /dev/null but I don't want to lose stderr or stdout. Thanks!

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-03-30. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The intended way to do this is to add `-hide_banner`. This way, logging is still visible.


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