CodecInstaller Alternatives

CodecInstaller is described as 'Ever had a movie where you could only hear the sound and there were no video? Or only video and no sound?' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CodecInstaller for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and PortableApps.com. The best CodecInstaller alternative is MediaInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CodecInstaller are GSpot, MediaInfoXP, VideoInspector and MovieScanner.

CodecInstaller

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Ever had a movie where you could only hear the sound and there were no video? Or only video and no sound?

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MediaInfo
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
PortableApps.com
17 MediaInfo alternatives
MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. Supports many audio and video formats, with different methods of viewing information.
- - MediaInfo is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CodecInstaller.
- - MediaInfo is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CodecInstaller.
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MediaInfo Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionMediaInfo can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
2. PortableMediaInfo can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Shell integration
Multi Platform
Side-by-Side Comparison
Simple installation
Bundleware
The standard installer is bundled with adware, but the portable version is clean and adware free: http://www.videohelp.com/software/MediaInfo
GSpot
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
11 GSpot alternatives
GSpot is a Windows-based freeware designed to identify codecs used in video files. In addition, the application checks if the required DirectShow filters or Video for Windows codecs are installed and configured for proper playback.
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Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.70a, released on 22 February 2007, can be still downloaded from the official website.
MediaInfoXP
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Free • Open Source
Windows
15 MediaInfoXP alternatives
GUI for MediaInfo, an open source tool for displaying technical information about media files.
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MediaInfoXP Features
1. Ad-freeMediaInfoXP doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Content analysis
AAC
VideoInspector
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
11 VideoInspector alternatives
VideoInspector is a tool designed to provide you with as much information as possible about your video files.
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VideoInspector Features
1. PortableVideoInspector can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Matroska
Information gathering
Discontinued
KC Softwares has shut down all activities by end of October 2023.
MovieScanner
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
12 MovieScanner alternatives
Small utility to scan your video files and store the media details (audio, video, subtitles) into a small database. Support export end printing of data, multiple databases, external subtitle, HDR and 3D detection, etc.
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MovieScanner Features
1. PortableMovieScanner can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Gtk
AVInaptic
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Free • Open Source
Windows
11 AVInaptic alternatives
AVInaptic is a program with a simple GUI (GTK +2) that analyzes file type AVI, ASF / WMV, MP4/MOV, Matroska (MKV), OGG, OGM, FLV, and shows a lot of information about technical characteristics (useful in predicting if the movie will be read from your portable player).
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AVInaptic Features
1. PortableAVInaptic can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
VideoSpec
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
12 VideoSpec alternatives
VideoSpec is a free AppleScript studio App (Xcode 3.0 on Leopard) making use of MediaInfo CLI, MPlayer, FFmpeg, qt_tools and AtomicParsley binaries to display detailed informations on video files. Compatibility of analyzed media file with QuickTime Player v.7.6.
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Discontinued
The program is no longer developed. Last version, v.0.9.8, released in 2014, can be still downloaded from the official website
Avicodec
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
11 Avicodec alternatives
AVIcodec is a free multimedia file analyser for Windows.

Find avi and divx codecs, solve codecs issues.
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Multiple languages
MediaTab
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Android
17 MediaTab alternatives
MediaTab provides you information of your multimedia files, like MediaInfo does, but without the need to launch an application. MediaTab use the power of MediaInfo integrating it on your operating system.
- - MediaTab is the most popular Android alternative to CodecInstaller.
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MediaTab Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionMediaTab can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Shell integration
Media Info+
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
16 Media Info+ alternatives
For Windows 10 Desktop. Extract immediatelly all video and audio info from any given Media file (video or audio). View filmstrip of the video. Provides 6 actions for the file (share, open with,etc).Use with "Share", Right Click,Open with on Windows!.
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Themonospot
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Free • Open Source
Linux
12 Themonospot alternatives
Themonospot is a simple application that can be used to scan multimedia files and extract some informations about audio and video streams:
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AVInaptic Features

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