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.




There are many alternatives to MediaInfo for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is GSpot, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to MediaInfo and 12 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to MediaInfo are MediaInfoXP, MediaInfo Lite, MediaTab and MovieScanner.
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.




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

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


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.




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.



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




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).



AVIcodec is a free multimedia file analyser for Windows.
Find avi and divx codecs, solve codecs issues.

Moo0 Video Info is a very easy tool which can dispaly each video / audio file's information.

Quickly calculate the total play time of a list of most any music or movie file. That was the original request. Due to further user requests, PlayTime has since been expanded to be a fairly complete front-end for the MediaInfo library.


The ultimate media file analysis app that can help you explore and learn everything about your media files



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