MediaInfo
MediaInfo 0.7.66
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Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file.   Free
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Note: According to developer, the GUI for the commercial Mac App Store version is best suited for Mac OS X.

MediaInfo provides easy access to technical and tag information about video and audio files.

A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve:
  • 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,
What's New
Version 0.7.66:
  • EBUCore 1.4 output support
  • IMF AssetMap (AM), PackageList (PKL) and CompositionPlaylist (CPL): improved support
  • Channel layout information for AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, Dolby E
  • MXF: CodecID field (EssenceContainer-EssenceCompression)
  • Pro Tools 10Session file (.ptx) support, by reverse engineering (=it may not work)
  • Playlist files: trying to detect language and channel layout from file names
  • QuickTime: new field ScanOrder_StoredDisplayedInverted, set to "Yes" when display and Stored orders are inverted
  • Wave: Detection of wrong byte rate in header in order to provide right duration of some PCM streams
  • ARIB captions: detection of captions in ancillary data (tested with MXF)
  • AAF: basic support of playlist files
  • QuickTime: false-positive detection of incoherency between container and raw stream scan order due to inverted display and tored orders
Version 0.7.66:
  • EBUCore 1.4 output support
  • IMF AssetMap (AM), PackageList (PKL) and CompositionPlaylist (CPL): improved support
  • Channel layout information for AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, Dolby E
  • MXF: CodecID field (EssenceContainer-EssenceCompression)
  • Pro Tools 10Session file (.ptx) support, by reverse engineering (=it may not work)
    • more...
Requirements
Intel, OS X 10.6 or later



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MediaInfo User Discussion (Write a Review)
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Flavum commented on 15 Oct 2013
Is it just me, or does this app not support drag and drop? You can't even drop a video file onto the open info window. Far too troublesome and unintuitive to have to navigate to a file's location using the "Open" command. No thanks.
[Version 0.7.64]


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Anon42 reviewed on 28 Nov 2012
Prior to updating to 0.7.60 I was using 0.7.58. I'm sticking with 0.7.58. 0.7.60 added a "easy view" as the default view. I prefer the "tree view" which is the default in 0.7.58.

It's ok to add various views but IMO it should remember the user's choice and use that the next time the app is used. I don't want to have to change it every time.
[Version 0.7.60]


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Big-Mac-XXL commented on 16 Mar 2012
Went back to MediaInfo Mac 0.7.36.0. The new version MediaInfo 0.7.54 is ugly as hell, has a terrible Java like GUI, the icon is ugly and full of broken pixels. The whole thing reminds me now of some kind of Java program from the past. Its an esthetically pain to use this software. The older version, though no beauty, is at least Mac like, nice and friendly. This was an failed upgrade attempt which ended in a downgrade. I JUST found out: my older and much nicer version is now commercially sold in the AppStore under the name Media Inspector. Indeed, a much nicer program.
[Version 0.7.54]

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Max-Pozdeev replied on 19 Mar 2012
Media Inspector (formerly named MediaInfo Mac and still uses libMediaInfo) and MediaInfo are made by different developers.
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Jerome-Martinez replied on 24 Mar 2012
"Media Inspector" (formely "MediaInfo Mac") is not the same product, it is made by Diego Massanti, as a (friendly) wrapper to my library (this is explicitely written on all pages made by Diego). "MediaInfo" was ugly, but since March 20th 2012, a new MediaInfo GUI is released on the App Store with a better GUI (Mac style)
http://itunes.apple.com/app/mediainfo/id510620098

Jerome, developper of MediaInfo
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Arvidtp reviewed on 13 Mar 2012
This is great. My only gripe is that i'd like to be able to drop media files on the application icon and have it open them like many of these type of apps do, not just on the window of the already open application - that way i could put it in my Finder toolbar and have it available in one step all the time.
[Version 0.7.54]


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GeoProf reviewed on 16 Sep 2011
Thanks to the developer for not joining the parade of other devs who recently switched their similar apps from freeware to shareware in order to score some cash at the crApp Store.

I love this app, but I’d also love to see a couple of features implemented: 1) Ability to change font size to make it more legible; and 2) Ability to compare multiple apps. Otherwise, great app.
[Version 0.7.49]

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Myschizobuddy replied on 04 Jan 2012
there are tons of freeware software on the App Store.
your pissing on the desire of the developers to make a living. Screw you. why don't you create an App yourself and give it for free and eat grass for the rest of your life.
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+84

Ryde reviewed on 23 Jun 2011
MediaInfo is an indispensable tool for everybody working with video on the Mac. Why pay money for other apps that do the same without adding significant functionality at the core? This one here is the original thing and it's free.

Highly recommended!
[Version 0.7.45]

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Max-Pozdeev replied on 24 Jun 2011
But still it does not support non-ascii filenames.
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Negritude commented on 26 Mar 2011
The latest version of MediaInfo is 0.7.43:

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Mac_OS

MediaInfo Mac, the related Cocoa program which uses the library from MediaInfo, has been renamed to Media Inspector, is no longer free, and is only available in the Mac App Store.
[Version 0.7.34]


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Sala7575 commented on 15 Jul 2010
MediaInfo 0.7.34 is ugly...
And It doent work properly...
[Version 0.7.34]


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Houdini tipped on 15 May 2010
MediaInfo 0.7.33 is available at this address,

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mediainfo/MediaInfo_GUI_0.7.33_Mac_Universal.dmg
[Version 0.7.30]

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DevTools-Inc. commented on 16 May 2010
People can see for themselves, and download what THEY want. There is no need to post a second direct download link. This application is available for many other platforms. You can see a complete list on this site:
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download
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Houdini commented on 16 May 2010
I know that ;-) as I am the official packager of MediaInfo Mac OS X version. Jérôme Martinez - developer of MediaInfo - does not have a MacUpdate developer account so I have found this way to inform Mac users of new Mac OS X version of MediaInfo.
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Momijigari reviewed on 23 Mar 2010
Very useful software.
A big thanks to the developer for supporting Tiger + PPC.
[Version 0.7.29]


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RONIN427 rated on 15 Oct 2013

[Version 0.7.64]




moklys rated on 26 Dec 2012

[Version 0.7.60]



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Jason_Milles_76 rated on 21 Mar 2012

[Version 0.7.54]



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Mwoods rated on 21 Sep 2011

[Version 0.7.49]



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Max-Pozdeev rated on 24 Jun 2011

[Version 0.7.45]


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Note: According to developer, the GUI for the commercial Mac App Store version is best suited for Mac OS X.

MediaInfo provides easy access to technical and tag information about video and audio files.

A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve:
  • 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...


A non-exhaustive list of the formats MediaInfo can analyze:
  • Container: MPEG-4, QuickTime, Matroska, AVI, MPEG-PS (including DVD), MPEG-TS (including 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, Dirac...
  • 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...


A non-exhaustive list of the features:
  • Read many video and audio file formats
  • View information in different formats (text, tree)
  • Export information as text
  • Graphical user interface, command line interface, or library (.dll/.so/.dylib) versions available
  • Integrate with the shell (drag 'n' drop, and Context menu)


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