---
name: "mediainfo-gui"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mediainfo-gui"
version: "25.04-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mediainfo-gui"
---

# mediainfo-gui(1)

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

## 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=*****LogFile***

  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.