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	MediaInfo 0.7.37 running on Windows 7
Original author(s)	Jerome Martinez
Initial release	December 28, 2002
Stable release	0.7.61 / October 22, 2012; 11 years ago
Repository	github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo ;
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Available in	36 languages
License	LGPL (library), GPL (GUI, CLI)
Website	mediainfo.sourceforge.net

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MediaInfo is a free and open-source (but Adware supported[1]) program that displays technical information about media files, as well as tag information for many audio and video files.^[1] It is used in many programs such as XMedia Recode, MediaCoder, eMule, K-Lite Codec Pack, Media Player Classic Homecinema, etc.^{[citation needed]} and can be easily integrated into any program using a supplied MediaInfo.dll. MediaInfo supports popular video formats (e.g. AVI, WMV, QuickTime, DivX, XviD) as well as many lesser known or emerging formats (e.g. MKV, OGM, Real). MediaInfo provides a GUI for easily viewing the information.

Technical information

MediaInfo reveals information such as:

General: Title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration
Video: codec, aspect ratio, fps, bitrate
Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate
Text: subtitle language
Chapters: numbers of chapters, list of chapters^[2]

MediaInfo 0.7.51 retrieves codec information optionally from tags or by computation. Thus in the case of misleading tags erroneous codec information may be presented.

Supported Input Formats

MediaInfo supports just about any video and audio file including:

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

Supported operating systems

MediaInfo supports Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris and many Linux and BSD distributions.^[3] MediaInfo also provides source code so essentially any operating system or platform can be supported.

References

^ "MediaInfo", Editors' review, CNet, 2011-08-29, retrieved 2012-03-04
^ ^a ^b MediaInfo About Page
^ MediaInfo Download Page

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[1] "MediaInfo", Editors' review, CNet, 2011-08-29, retrieved 2012-03-04

[MediaInfo_About_Page-2] MediaInfo About Page

[3] MediaInfo Download Page

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 '''MediaInfo''' is a [[free software|free]] and [[open-source software|open-source]] program that displays technical information about media files, as well as tag information for many audio and video files.<ref>{{citation |url=http://download.cnet.com/MediaInfo/3000-2169_4-10413046.html |title=MediaInfo |publisher=CNet |work=Editors' review |date=2011-08-29 |accessdate=2012-03-04}}</ref> It is used in many programs such as [[XMedia Recode]], [[MediaCoder]], [[eMule]], [[K-Lite Codec Pack]], [[Media Player Classic|Media Player Classic Homecinema]], etc.{{cn|date=March 2012}} and can be easily integrated into any program using a supplied <tt>MediaInfo.dll</tt>. MediaInfo supports popular video formats (e.g. AVI, WMV, QuickTime, DivX, XviD) as well as many lesser known or emerging formats (e.g. MKV, OGM, Real). MediaInfo provides a [[Graphical User Interface|GUI]] for easily viewing the information.
 ==Technical information==