diff --git a/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java b/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
index e72a8163..87d8f597 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ public class MediaBindingBean {
 
 	@Define("ffprobe")
 	public Object getFFProbeDump() throws Exception {
-		return new FFProbe().streams(getInferredMediaFile());
+		return new FFProbe().open(getInferredMediaFile());
 	}
 
 	public File getInferredMediaFile() {
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/media/FFProbe.java b/source/net/filebot/media/FFProbe.java
index 9e4694f9..cffd5ccd 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/media/FFProbe.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/media/FFProbe.java
@@ -2,23 +2,29 @@ package net.filebot.media;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.*;
 import static java.util.Collections.*;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.*;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.ProcessBuilder.Redirect;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.cedarsoftware.util.io.JsonReader;
+import com.cedarsoftware.util.io.JsonWriter;
 
-public class FFProbe {
+public class FFProbe implements MediaCharacteristics {
 
-	public String getFFProbeCommand() {
+	protected String getFFProbeCommand() {
 		return System.getProperty("net.filebot.media.ffprobe", "ffprobe");
 	}
 
-	public List<Map<String, Object>> streams(File file) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-		ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(getFFProbeCommand(), "-show_streams", "-print_format", "json", "-v", "error", file.getCanonicalPath());
+	protected Map<String, Object> parse(File file) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+		ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(getFFProbeCommand(), "-show_streams", "-show_format", "-print_format", "json", "-v", "error", file.getCanonicalPath());
 
 		processBuilder.directory(file.getParentFile());
 		processBuilder.redirectError(Redirect.INHERIT);
@@ -26,15 +32,110 @@ public class FFProbe {
 		Process process = processBuilder.start();
 
 		// parse process standard output
-		Map<String, Object> json = (Map<String, Object>) JsonReader.jsonToJava(process.getInputStream(), singletonMap(JsonReader.USE_MAPS, true));
-		List<Map<String, Object>> streams = (List) asList((Object[]) json.get("streams"));
+		Map<String, Object> json = (Map) JsonReader.jsonToJava(process.getInputStream(), singletonMap(JsonReader.USE_MAPS, true));
 
 		int exitCode = process.waitFor();
 		if (exitCode != 0) {
 			throw new IOException(String.format("%s failed with exit code %d", processBuilder.command(), exitCode));
 		}
 
-		return streams;
+		// group video / audio / subtitle streams together
+		return json;
+	}
+
+	private Map<String, Object> json;
+
+	public synchronized FFProbe open(File file) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+		json = parse(file);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public synchronized void close() {
+		json = null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getVideoCodec() {
+		return getString("video", "codec_name");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getAudioCodec() {
+		return getString("audio", "codec_name");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getAudioLanguage() {
+		return getString("audio", "tags", "language");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getSubtitleCodec() {
+		return getString("subtitle", "codec_name");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Duration getDuration() {
+		double seconds = Double.parseDouble(getFormat().get("duration").toString());
+		long millis = (long) (seconds * 1000);
+
+		return Duration.ofMillis(millis);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Integer getWidth() {
+		return getInteger("video", "width");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Integer getHeight() {
+		return getInteger("video", "height");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Float getFrameRate() {
+		return find("video", "avg_frame_rate").map(fps -> {
+			switch (fps) {
+			case "500/21":
+				return 23.976f; // normalize FPS value (using MediaInfo standards)
+			default:
+				return Float.parseFloat(fps);
+			}
+		}).get();
+	}
+
+	public Map<String, Object> getFormat() {
+		return (Map) json.get("format");
+	}
+
+	public List<Map<String, Object>> getStreams() {
+		return (List) asList((Object[]) json.get("streams"));
+	}
+
+	protected String getString(String streamKind, String key) {
+		return stream(streamKind, key).map(Objects::toString).collect(joining(" "));
+	}
+
+	protected String getString(String streamKind, String objectKey, String valueKey) {
+		return stream(streamKind, objectKey).map(t -> ((Map) t).get(valueKey)).map(Objects::toString).collect(joining(" "));
+	}
+
+	protected Stream<Object> stream(String streamKind, String property) {
+		return getStreams().stream().filter(s -> streamKind.equals(s.get("codec_type"))).map(s -> s.get(property)).filter(Objects::nonNull);
+	}
+
+	protected Integer getInteger(String streamKind, String property) {
+		return find(streamKind, property).map(Integer::parseInt).get();
+	}
+
+	protected Optional<String> find(String streamKind, String property) {
+		return stream(streamKind, property).map(Objects::toString).findFirst();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return JsonWriter.objectToJson(json);
 	}
 
 }