How do I get the output from handbrakecli --scan?

Question

I am working on a c# program to loop over my Windows Media Center recorded TV shows (.wtv) and convert them using the handbrake cli. I just got everything to work now and I wanted to also utilize the --scan function so that I can customize the audio and video arguments based on the input file rather then set a static.

This is what I have so far for the scan but I can't seem to find where the data is that prints out to the console window.

var p = new Process();
var pSI = new ProcessStartInfo();
pSI.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
pSI.UseShellExecute = false;
pSI.FileName = HandBrakeLocation;
pSI.Arguments = string.Concat(@"--scan -i ", '"', inputFile, '"');
pSI.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
p.StartInfo = pSI;
p.Start();
var stdout = p.StandardOutput;//streamreader
p.WaitForExit();

I thought that perhaps the p.StandardOutput would send the console output to the stdout StreamReader variable, but I could not find it anywhere inside the object. What am i missing?

Thanks for you time and assistance.

Answer 1

You can read the program output using the StandardOutput property of the process (which is a stream):

var output = stdout.ReadToEnd();
p.WaitForExit();

More info can be found on MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.standardoutput%28v=vs.110%29.aspx