# MediaArea/MediaInfo

Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

Repository: https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mediainfo
Homepage: https://MediaArea.net/MediaInfo
Language: C++
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-11T08:17:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4467, "days_push": 22, "days_rel": 113, "gap_med": 76.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2001, forks 194 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.824712+00:00)

## What it is
MediaInfo is a tool that displays the most relevant technical and tag metadata for video and audio files, available as a CLI, multiple GUIs (Qt, wxWidgets, UWP, VCL), and mobile apps. It is the front-end application for MediaInfoLib and supports a wide range of containers, codecs, and tag formats.

## Use cases
- inspect codec, bitrate, and frame rate of a video file
- check audio sample rate and channel layout of a media file
- read ID3 and other metadata tags from media files
- export media file technical details as CSV or HTML
- identify container format and subtitle tracks in a video
- batch-analyze media files from the command line
- verify media file properties before archiving

## When to choose
- you need detailed technical metadata for video/audio files across many formats
- you want both a GUI and scriptable CLI for media inspection
- you need cross-platform support including mobile
- you want to export media metadata in structured formats like CSV or JSON

## When to avoid
- you need to edit or transcode media files rather than inspect them
- you need deep bitstream-level conformance checking (consider MediaConch or QCTools)
- you only need playback, not technical details

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, gui, developer-tools
- domain: media, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: media-metadata, codec-analysis, video-inspection, audio-inspection, container-formats, tags, subtitles, video, audio, macos, linux, android, ios

## Member repositories
- MediaArea/MediaInfo (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.824712+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:02:00.626246+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.824712+00:00, sha 2ff90299355c)
  - homepage: https://MediaArea.net/MediaInfo (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:49.787323+00:00, sha bfc6a4d13a3c)
  - site_page: https://mediaarea.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:49.796696+00:00, sha 92f524d6979e)
  - site_page: https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:49.798641+00:00, sha 2526179a0ada)
  - site_page: https://mediaarea.net/SupportUs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:49.800461+00:00, sha b2e3fb029db3)
  - site_page: https://mediaarea.net/SupportUs/FAQ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:49.802019+00:00, sha 4620c06f5bc3)
  - site_page: https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo/ChangeLog (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:49.804154+00:00, sha 676ab591054f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.