# mediainfo(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       MediaInfo - command line utility to display information about audio/video files

       MediaInfo-Gui - graphical utility to display information about audio/video files

## SYNOPSIS
       mediainfo [_-Options_...] _FileName1_ [_Filename2_...]
       mediainfo _--Inform=FMT_ _FileName_
       mediainfo-gui [_-Options_...] _FileName1_ [_Filename2_...]
       mediainfo-gui _--Inform=FMT_ _FileName_

## DESCRIPTION
       MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file

       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 does MediaInfo support?

       - Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
       - Video 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 can I do with it?

       - Read many video and audio file formats
       - View information in different formats (text, sheet, tree, HTML...)
       - Customise these viewing formats
       - Export information as text, CSV, HTML...
       - Graphical Interface, Command Line, or library versions available

## OPTIONS
       MediaInfo supports the following case-insensitive options:

       **--Help**, **-h**
           Display help and exit

### --Help-Inform
           Display help for **--Inform** option

### --Help-AnOption
           Display help for "AnOption"

### --Version
           Display MediaInfo version and exit

       **--Full**, **-f**
           Full information Display (all internal tags)

### --Output=HTML
           Full information Display with HTML tags

### --Output=XML
           Full information Display with XML tags

### --Inform=FMT
           Template defined information display.

           FMT is "[xxx;]Text", where xxx can be any one of General, Video, Audio, Text, Chapter,
           Image, or Menu. Text can be the template text, or a filename in the form of file:///path

           See **--Info-Parameters** for available parameters in the text. Parameters must be surrounded
           by "%".

### --Info-Parameters
           Display list of **--Inform** parameters

### --Language=raw
           Display non-translated unique identifiers (internal text)

       **--LogFile=**_L_L_o_o_g_g_F_F_i_i_l_l_e_e
           Save the output in _LogFile_

## EXAMPLES
### Display information about a video file
        $ mediainfo foo.mkv

### Display aspect ratio
        $ mediainfo --Inform="Video;%DisplayAspectRatio%" foo.mkv
        $ mediainfo --Inform="Video;file://Video.txt" foo.mkv

       Both forms are equivalent if Video.txt contains:
        %DisplayAspectRatio%

### Display aspect ration and audio format
        $ mediainfo --Inform="file://Text.txt foo.mkv

       If Text.txt contains:

       - "Video;%DisplayAspectRatio%"
           Then the display aspect ratio is printed out.

       - "Audio;%Format%"
           Then the audio format is printed out.

## AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Chow Loong Jin <<hyperair@debian.org>> for the Debian system
       (but may be used by others). Permissions is granted to copy, distribute, and/or modify this
       document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.



MediaInfo 0.7.52                             2022-04-03                                 [MEDIAINFO(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MEDIAINFO/1/markdown)