MediaInfo

MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.
version 24.06
Other versions (packaging, OS, interface...) are also available (Microsoft Windows macOS Debian Ubuntu Linux Mint Raspbian RedHat Entreprise Linux CentOS Fedora openSUSE ArchLinux Android iOS)
See change log
You can also use MediaInfoOnline to test MediaInfo without installing any software on your computer.
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The MediaInfo data display includes:

  • Container: format, profile, commercial name of the format, duration, overall bit rate, writing application and library, title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
  • Video: format, codec id, aspect, frame rate, bit rate, color space, chroma subsampling, bit depth, scan type, scan order...
  • Audio: format, codec id, sample rate, channels, bit depth, language, bit rate...
  • Text: format, codec id, language of subtitle...
  • Chapters: count of chapters, list of chapters...

MediaInfo analyticals include:

  • Container: MPEG-4, QuickTime, Matroska, AVI, MPEG-PS (including unprotected DVD), MPEG-TS (including unprotected Blu-ray), MXF, GXF, LXF, WMV, FLV, Real...
  • Tags: Id3v1, Id3v2, Vorbis comments, APE tags...
  • Video: MPEG-1/2 Video, H.263, MPEG-4 Visual (including DivX, XviD), H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, FFV1...
  • Audio: MPEG Audio (including MP3), AC3, DTS, AAC, Dolby E, AES3, FLAC...
  • Subtitles: CEA-608, CEA-708, DTVCC, SCTE-20, SCTE-128, ATSC/53, CDP, DVB Subtitle, Teletext, SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...

MediaInfo features include:

  • Read many video and audio file formats
  • View information in different formats (text, sheet, tree, HTML...)
  • Customise these viewing formats
  • Export information as text, CSV, HTML...
  • Graphical user interface, command line interface, or library (.dll/.so/.dylib) versions available
  • Integrate with the shell (drag 'n' drop, and Context menu)
  • Internationalisation: display any language on any operating system
  • Localisation capability (for which volunteers are needed - please contact us!)

License:

It is Open-Source software which means that end users and developers have freedom to study, to improve and to redistribute the program (BSD-style license).