How to retrieve video format using cvGetCaptureProperty - c

I am trying to retrieve the video format
Ex. my input video file is video.mpeg then I want format as mpeg
I used this function
double Format = cvGetCapturePrperty(capture,CV_CAP_PROP_FORMAT);
but it returns 0.000
Please help.
Thanks.


CV_CAP_PROP_FORMAT is not what you think. Check the documentation.
You are probably looking for:
double val = cvGetCaptureProperty( capture, CV_CAP_PROP_FOURCC );
char* fourcc = (char*) (&val);

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