MediaInfo 0.7.71

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MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. MediaInfo provides details about a both video and audio details, including tag information. Links are provided to Web locations for download of most video codecs and applications. File data is exportable in a variety of formats including CSV, text and HTML. Note: MediaInfo tries to install sponsored OpenCandy software during installation, make sure to cancel that before continuing.

What can I do with it?

Read many video and audio file formats
Different methods of viewing information (text, sheet, tree, HTML...)
You can customize these views
Exporting information as text, CSV, HTML...
Graphical Interface, or Command Line, or DLL
Integration with MS-Windows shell (drag 'n' drop, and Context menu)
Internationalization: any language display on any version of your Operating System
Localization capability (but volunteers needed)

What information can I get from MediaInfo?

General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...
Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...
Text: language of subtitle
Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters

What format (container) does MediaInfo support?

Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)... (Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)
Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...
Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...

What's new in this version:

AS-11 (Core, Segmentation, UK DPP items) display
MXF: support of TTML (SMPTE ST 2052) detection
MXF: option --File_Mxf_TimeCodeFromMaterialPackage for using the time code track from Material package instead of Source package (CLI/DLL only)
Duration in HH:MM:SS:FF format (hidden by default)
AVC: detection of Intra profiles
MXF: both Material and Source package time codes are displayed
MPEG-TS: more information for Teletext subtitle e.g. "For hearing impaired people"
Detecting sidecar XML files for captions (e.g. TTML/DFXP), option for CLI and Lib
AVC and HEVC: colour_range information (Limited/Full), thanks to Vittorio Giovara
OP-47/SDP/Teletext: detection of magazine numbers
MOV/MPEG-4: basic support of iTunMOVI tag
MOV/MPEG-4: support of track title and few other track related tags
MOV/MPEG-4: detection of Dolby E in a stereo track
AVC: using the first pic_struct as fallback for scan order if other methods fail, thanks to Smit for the idea
IMF: better compatibility with packages from different vendors
PBCore 2.0 technical metadata output option, thanks to Dave Rice
WMV: Time code track and value of first frame display, sponsored by AVCOM
MPEG Video: Open/Closed GOP status
HEVC: Support of Pixel Aspect Ratio in VUI, thanks to Kurtnoise
SMPTE ST 331: wrong channel positions
B872, MOV: StreamOrder field was wrong in case of chapter references
More coherency between the File interface and the By buffer interface
Matroska: wrong dection of video/audio delay in case of B-frames before the first I-frame
Time code striped/not striped information is moved from "Format_Settings" to "TimeCode_Striped"
SMPTE ST 337: infinite loop during scanning of some non ST 337 streams
MP4/MOV: Using less data during detection of Dolby E hidden in a PCM track
Matroska: some crashs after file name of attachments update
MXF: MXF time code track was not displayed with some compilation options (e.g. the default Windows build)