diff --git a/ffmpeg/_build.py b/ffmpeg/_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6a59de
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+++ b/ffmpeg/_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+"""
+Extract details about the ffmpeg build.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import re
+import subprocess
+import json
+import logging
+import argparse
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--ffmpeg', type=argparse.FileType('r'),
+    help='The path to the ffmpeg execuatble')
+
+
+VERSION_RE = re.compile(r' version (?P<version>[^ ]+) ')
+
+MUXER_RE = re.compile(
+    r'^ (?P<demuxing>[D ])(?P<muxing>[E ]) '
+    r'(?P<name>[^ ]+) +(?P<description>.+)$',
+    re.M)
+MUXER_FLAGS = dict(demuxing='D', muxing='E')
+
+CODEC_RE = re.compile(
+    r'^ (?P<decoding>[D.])(?P<encoding>[E.])'
+    r'(?P<stream>[VAS.])(?P<intra_frame>[I.])'
+    r'(?P<lossy>[L.])(?P<lossless>[S.]) '
+    r'(?P<name>[^ ]+) +(?P<description>.+)$',
+    re.M)
+CODEC_FLAGS = dict(
+    decoding='D', encoding='E',
+    stream=dict(video='V', audio='A', subtitle='S'),
+    intra_frame='I', lossy='L', lossless='S')
+CODEC_DESCRIPTION_RE = re.compile(
+    r'^(?P<description>.+?) \((de|en)coders: [^)]+ \)')
+CODEC_CODERS_RE = re.compile(
+    r' \((?P<type>(de|en)coders): (?P<coders>[^)]+) \)')
+
+FILTER_RE = re.compile(
+    r'^ (?P<timeline>[T.])(?P<slice>[S.])(?P<command>[C.]) '
+    r'(?P<name>[^ ]+) +(?P<io>[^ ]+) +(?P<description>.+)$',
+    re.M)
+FILTER_FLAGS = dict(timeline='T', slice='S', command='C')
+
+PIX_FMT_RE = re.compile(
+    r'^(?P<input>[I.])(?P<output>[O.])(?P<accelerated>[H.])'
+    r'(?P<palleted>[P.])(?P<bitstream>[B.]) '
+    r'(?P<name>[^ ]+) +(?P<components>[0-9]+) +(?P<bits>[0-9]+)$',
+    re.M)
+PIX_FMT_FLAGS = dict(
+    input='I', output='O', accelerated='H', palleted='P', bitstream='B')
+PIX_FMT_INT_FIELDS = {'components', 'bits'}
+
+
+def _run(args):
+    """
+    Run the command and return stdout but only print stderr on failure.
+    """
+    process = subprocess.Popen(
+        args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+    if process.returncode != 0:
+        logger.error(stderr.decode())
+        raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(
+            process.returncode, process.args, output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
+    return stdout.decode()
+
+def _get_line_fields(
+        stdout, header_lines, line_re, flags={}, int_fields=set()):
+    """
+    Extract field values from a line using the regular expression.
+    """
+    non_fields = set(flags).union({'name'})
+    lines = stdout.split('\n', header_lines)[header_lines]
+    data = {}
+    for match in line_re.finditer(lines):
+        groupdict = match.groupdict()
+
+        data[match.group('name')] = fields = {
+            key: key in int_fields and int(value) or value
+            for key, value in groupdict.items()
+            if key not in non_fields}
+
+        if flags:
+            fields['flags'] = {}
+            for key, flag in flags.items():
+                if isinstance(flag, dict):
+                    fields['flags'][key] = groupdict[key]
+                    for sub_key, sub_flag in flag.items():
+                        fields['flags'][sub_key] = groupdict[key] == sub_flag
+                else:
+                    fields['flags'][key] = groupdict[key] == flag
+
+    return data
+
+
+def get_version(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the version of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-version'])
+    match = VERSION_RE.search(stdout.split('\n')[0])
+    return match.group('version')
+
+
+def get_formats(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the formats of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-formats'])
+    return _get_line_fields(stdout, 4, MUXER_RE, MUXER_FLAGS)
+
+
+def get_demuxers(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the demuxers of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-demuxers'])
+    return _get_line_fields(stdout, 4, MUXER_RE, MUXER_FLAGS)
+
+
+def get_muxers(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the muxers of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-muxers'])
+    return _get_line_fields(stdout, 4, MUXER_RE, MUXER_FLAGS)
+
+
+def get_codecs(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the codecs of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-codecs'])
+    codecs = _get_line_fields(stdout, 10, CODEC_RE, CODEC_FLAGS)
+    for codec in codecs.values():
+        for coders_match in CODEC_CODERS_RE.finditer(codec['description']):
+            codec[coders_match.group(1)] = coders_match.group(3).split()
+        description_match = CODEC_DESCRIPTION_RE.search(codec['description'])
+        if description_match is not None:
+            codec['description'] = description_match.group('description')
+    return codecs
+
+
+def get_bsfs(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the bsfs of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-bsfs'])
+    return stdout.split('\n')[1:-2]
+
+
+def get_protocols(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the protocols of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = [
+        line.strip() for line in
+        _run([cmd, '-protocols']).split('\n')]
+    input_idx = stdout.index('Input:')
+    output_idx = stdout.index('Output:')
+    return dict(
+        input=stdout[input_idx + 1:output_idx],
+        output=stdout[output_idx + 1:-1])
+
+
+def get_filters(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the filters of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-filters'])
+    return _get_line_fields(stdout, 8, FILTER_RE, FILTER_FLAGS)
+
+
+def get_pix_fmts(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the pix_fmts of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-pix_fmts'])
+    return _get_line_fields(
+        stdout, 8, PIX_FMT_RE, PIX_FMT_FLAGS, PIX_FMT_INT_FIELDS)
+
+
+def get_sample_fmts(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the sample_fmts of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-sample_fmts'])
+    fmts = {}
+    for line in stdout.split('\n')[1:-1]:
+        name, depth = line.split()
+        fmts[name] = int(depth)
+    return fmts
+
+
+def get_layouts(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the layouts of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-layouts']).split('\n')
+    channels_idx = stdout.index('Individual channels:')
+    layouts_idx = stdout.index('Standard channel layouts:')
+    data = {}
+
+    data['channels'] = channels = {}
+    for line in stdout[channels_idx + 2:layouts_idx - 1]:
+        name, description = line.split(None, 1)
+        channels[name] = description
+
+    data['layouts'] = layouts = {}
+    for line in stdout[layouts_idx + 2:-1]:
+        name, decomposition = line.split(None, 1)
+        layouts[name] = decomposition.split('+')
+
+    return data
+
+
+def get_colors(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the colors of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-colors'])
+    return dict(line.split() for line in stdout.split('\n')[1:-1])
+
+
+def get_devices(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the devices of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-devices'])
+    return _get_line_fields(stdout, 4, MUXER_RE, MUXER_FLAGS)
+
+
+def get_hw_devices(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the hardware devices of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-init_hw_device', 'list'])
+    return stdout.split('\n')[1:-2]
+
+
+def get_hwaccels(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract the hwaccels of the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    stdout = _run([cmd, '-hwaccels'])
+    return stdout.split('\n')[1:-2]
+
+
+def get_build_data(cmd='ffmpeg'):
+    """
+    Extract details about the ffmpeg build.
+    """
+    return dict(
+        version=get_version(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        formats=get_formats(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        demuxers=get_demuxers(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        muxers=get_muxers(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        codecs=get_codecs(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        bsfs=get_bsfs(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        protocols=get_protocols(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        filters=get_filters(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        pix_fmts=get_pix_fmts(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        sample_fmts=get_sample_fmts(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        layouts=get_layouts(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        colors=get_colors(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        devices=get_devices(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        hw_devices=get_hw_devices(cmd='ffmpeg'),
+        hwaccels=get_hwaccels(cmd='ffmpeg'))
+
+__all__ = [
+    'get_build_data',
+    'get_version',
+    'get_version',
+    'get_formats',
+    'get_demuxers',
+    'get_muxers',
+    'get_codecs',
+    'get_bsfs',
+    'get_protocols',
+    'get_filters',
+    'get_pix_fmts',
+    'get_sample_fmts',
+    'get_layouts',
+    'get_colors',
+    'get_devices',
+    'get_hw_devices',
+    'get_hwaccels',
+]
+
+
+def main(args=None):
+    """
+    Dump all ffmpeg build data to json.
+    """
+    args = parser.parse_args(args)
+    data = get_build_data(args.ffmpeg)
+    json.dump(data, sys.stdout, indent=2)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0282c67..da567b8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,4 +95,8 @@ setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
     ],
+    entry_points = {
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'ffmpeg-build-json=ffmpeg._build:main'],
+    },
 )