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MediaInfo

Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

At a glance

All of MediaInfo is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (BSD-2-Clause) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files. 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, 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...

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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