MediaInfo 18.08

MediaInfo

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.

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...

MediaInfo 18.08 changelog:

Dolby Atmos (in E-AC-3 or TrueHD): support of bed channel count/configuration + objects count + complexity index
AC-3/DTS/AAC: display of info about legacy decoders behavior removed
AC-3/DTS/AAC: some changes in how format is displayed
AC-3/DTS/AAC: better split between technical names and commercial names
AAC: support of profile information from MP4_IOD_Tag AudioProfileLevelIndication
USAC (xHE-AAC) support
Audio channel layout: using a new terminology, better suited for 3D Audio, see https://mediaarea.net/AudioChannelLayout
DSD (DSF & DSDIFF) support
DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) commercial name
Dolby Vision: use new form for profile (numbers instead of acronyms)
New format "Directory" when image sequence + audio file is detected (1 directory style for the moment)
PBCore2 export update, thanks to WGBH
MPEG-7 export update
NISO export update
AV1: support of AOmedia AV1 based on 1.0.0 specifications
ATRAC9 detection
Versionned RPMs
HEVC: better support of buggy SEI
ADTS: CodecID
Support of injection of external metadata
HTTPS: support of AWS extension "x-amz-*" in HTTPS headers, permitting to manage temporary credentials (AssumeRole)
MPEG-4, #1005: Obey edit list in QuickTime Timecode track
MIXML: hide fields which were hidden in normal output
Hybrid AC-3/E-AC-3 (in Blu-rays): bit rate info was wrong
Lot of bug fixes