diff --git a/source/net/filebot/media/FFProbe.java b/source/net/filebot/media/FFProbe.java
index 7cb53ead..d7accf45 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/media/FFProbe.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/media/FFProbe.java
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ import com.cedarsoftware.util.io.JsonWriter;
 
 public class FFProbe implements MediaCharacteristics {
 
-	protected String getFFProbeCommand() {
+	public String getFFProbeCommand() {
 		return System.getProperty("net.filebot.media.ffprobe", "ffprobe");
 	}
 
+	public String version() throws IOException {
+		return execute(getFFProbeCommand(), "-show_program_version", "-hide_banner").toString();
+	}
+
 	protected Map<String, Object> parse(File file) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 		String[] command = { getFFProbeCommand(), "-show_streams", "-show_format", "-print_format", "json", "-v", "error", file.getCanonicalPath() };
 
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/web/AcoustIDClient.java b/source/net/filebot/web/AcoustIDClient.java
index 18eda093..a041d9d0 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/web/AcoustIDClient.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/web/AcoustIDClient.java
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ public class AcoustIDClient implements MusicIdentificationService {
 		return System.getProperty("net.filebot.AcoustID.fpcalc", "fpcalc");
 	}
 
+	public String version() throws IOException {
+		return execute(getChromaprintCommand(), "-version").toString();
+	}
+
 	public Map<ChromaprintField, String> fpcalc(File file) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 		Map<ChromaprintField, String> fields = new EnumMap<ChromaprintField, String>(ChromaprintField.class);