MediaInfo AlternativesMetadata Viewers and other similar apps like MediaInfo

MediaInfo is described as 'Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. Supports many audio and video formats, with different methods of viewing information' and is a very popular Metadata Viewer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MediaInfo for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best MediaInfo alternative is GSpot, which is free. Other great apps like MediaInfo are MediaInfo Lite, MediaInfoXP, BDInfo and BetterMediaInfo.

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  1. GSpot icon
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    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.

    14 GSpot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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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    The program is no longer updated.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.

    GSpot vs MediaInfo Comments
    Raiz
    Positive
    -1

    Displays all the info of an audio/video file that mediainfo displays AFAIK

    • GSpot is Free and ProprietaryMediaInfo is Free and Open Source
  2. MediaInfo Lite icon
     11 likes

    This is a tool to analyze media files. It can give you information about the audio and video format, video resolution, duration, etc.

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    • Windows
     
  3. MediaInfoXP icon
     6 likes

    A simple GUI for MediaInfo, an open source tool for displaying technical information about media files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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    MediaInfoXP vs MediaInfo Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    Simple UI that can integrate into shell.

    • MediaInfoXP is Free and Open SourceMediaInfo is also Free and Open Source
  4. BDInfo icon
     1 like

    The BDInfo tool was designed to collect video and audio technical specifications from Blu-ray movie discs, including disc size, playlist contents as well as stream codec and bitrate details.

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    • Windows
     
  5. MediaTab icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
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    MediaTab vs MediaInfo Comments
    KimiBCN
    Positive
    0

    It is very easy to use, when you click on properties in Windows Explorer, all the information about the videos appears.

    • MediaTab is Freemium and ProprietaryMediaInfo is Free and Open Source
  6. MovieScanner icon
     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    MovieScanner vs MediaInfo Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    You get less data but the most important.

    • MovieScanner is Free and ProprietaryMediaInfo is Free and Open Source
  7. MediaFlow icon
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    MediaFlow is a local-first desktop app for people who work with media files, subtitles and multi-track containers. It brings track extraction, track merge/muxing, transcoding, audio-to-subtitles, video OCR, AI subtitle translation, batch renaming and file inspection into one...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. With "Media Info+" app you can immediately extract all possible Media Details Information from every Video, Audio or Music file in your Device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. AVInaptic icon
     3 likes

    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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    • Windows
    • Chocolatey
     
  10. Invisor icon
     Like

    Invisor displays technical information about your video, audio and photo files with ability to compare collected data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. VideoSpec icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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