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.IX Title "MEDIAINFO 1"
.TH MEDIAINFO 1 "2012-01-03" "MediaInfo 0.7.52" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
MediaInfo \- command line utility to display information about audio/video files
.PP
MediaInfo\-Gui \- graphical utility to display information about audio/video files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.IP "mediainfo [\fI\-Options\fR...] \fIFileName1\fR [\fIFilename2\fR...]" 4
.IX Item "mediainfo [-Options...] FileName1 [Filename2...]"
.PD 0
.IP "mediainfo \fI\-\-Inform=FMT\fR \fIFileName\fR" 4
.IX Item "mediainfo --Inform=FMT FileName"
.IP "mediainfo-gui [\fI\-Options\fR...] \fIFileName1\fR [\fIFilename2\fR...]" 4
.IX Item "mediainfo-gui [-Options...] FileName1 [Filename2...]"
.IP "mediainfo-gui \fI\-\-Inform=FMT\fR \fIFileName\fR" 4
.IX Item "mediainfo-gui --Inform=FMT FileName"
.PD
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file
.PP
What information can I get from MediaInfo?
.IP "\- General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration..." 4
.IX Item "- General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration..."
.PD 0
.IP "\- Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate..." 4
.IX Item "- Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate..."
.IP "\- Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate..." 4
.IX Item "- Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate..."
.IP "\- Text: language of subtitle" 4
.IX Item "- Text: language of subtitle"
.IP "\- Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters" 4
.IX Item "- Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters"
.PD
.PP
What format does MediaInfo support?
.IP "\- Video: \s-1MKV\s0, \s-1OGM\s0, \s-1AVI\s0, DivX, \s-1WMV\s0, QuickTime, Real, \s-1MPEG\-1\s0, \s-1MPEG\-2\s0, \s-1MPEG\-4\s0, \s-1DVD\s0 (\s-1VOB\s0)..." 4
.IX Item "- Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)..."
.PD 0
.IP "\- Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, \s-1MSMPEG4\s0, \s-1ASP\s0, H.264, \s-1AVC\s0..." 4
.IX Item "- Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC..."
.IP "\- Audio: \s-1OGG\s0, \s-1MP3\s0, \s-1WAV\s0, \s-1RA\s0, \s-1AC3\s0, \s-1DTS\s0, \s-1AAC\s0, M4A, \s-1AU\s0, \s-1AIFF\s0..." 4
.IX Item "- Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF..."
.IP "\- Subtitles: \s-1SRT\s0, \s-1SSA\s0, \s-1ASS\s0, \s-1SAMI\s0..." 4
.IX Item "- Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI..."
.PD
.PP
What can I do with it?
.IP "\- Read many video and audio file formats" 4
.IX Item "- Read many video and audio file formats"
.PD 0
.IP "\- View information in different formats (text, sheet, tree, \s-1HTML\s0...)" 4
.IX Item "- View information in different formats (text, sheet, tree, HTML...)"
.IP "\- Customise these viewing formats" 4
.IX Item "- Customise these viewing formats"
.IP "\- Export information as text, \s-1CSV\s0, \s-1HTML\s0..." 4
.IX Item "- Export information as text, CSV, HTML..."
.IP "\- Graphical Interface, Command Line, or library versions available" 4
.IX Item "- Graphical Interface, Command Line, or library versions available"
.PD
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
MediaInfo supports the following case-insensitive options:
.IP "\fB\-\-Help\fR, \fB\-h\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Help, -h"
Display help and exit
.IP "\fB\-\-Help\-Inform\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Help-Inform"
Display help for \fB\-\-Inform\fR option
.IP "\fB\-\-Help\-AnOption\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Help-AnOption"
Display help for \*(L"AnOption\*(R"
.IP "\fB\-\-Version\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Version"
Display MediaInfo version and exit
.IP "\fB\-\-Full\fR, \fB\-f\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Full, -f"
Full information Display (all internal tags)
.IP "\fB\-\-Output=HTML\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Output=HTML"
Full information Display with \s-1HTML\s0 tags
.IP "\fB\-\-Output=XML\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Output=XML"
Full information Display with \s-1XML\s0 tags
.IP "\fB\-\-Inform=FMT\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Inform=FMT"
Template defined information display.
.Sp
\&\s-1FMT\s0 is \*(L"[xxx;]Text\*(R", 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
.Sp
See \fB\-\-Info\-Parameters\fR for available parameters in the text. Parameters must
be surrounded by \*(L"%\*(R".
.IP "\fB\-\-Info\-Parameters\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Info-Parameters"
Display list of \fB\-\-Inform\fR parameters
.IP "\fB\-\-Language=raw\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Language=raw"
Dislpay non-translated unique identifiers (internal text)
.IP "\fB\-\-LogFile=\f(BILogFile\fB\fR" 4
.IX Item "--LogFile=LogFile"
Save the output in \fILogFile\fR
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
.SS "Display information about a video file"
.IX Subsection "Display information about a video file"
.Vb 1
\& $ mediainfo foo.mkv
.Ve
.SS "Display aspect ratio"
.IX Subsection "Display aspect ratio"
.Vb 2
\& $ mediainfo \-\-Inform="Video;%DisplayAspectRatio%" foo.mkv
\& $ mediainfo \-\-Inform="Video;file://Video.txt" foo.mkv
.Ve
.PP
Both forms are equivalent if Video.txt contains:
 \f(CW%DisplayAspectRatio\fR%
.SS "Display aspect ration and audio format"
.IX Subsection "Display aspect ration and audio format"
.Vb 1
\& $ mediainfo \-\-Inform="file://Text.txt foo.mkv
.Ve
.PP
If Text.txt contains:
.ie n .IP "\- ""Video;%DisplayAspectRatio%""" 4
.el .IP "\- ``Video;%DisplayAspectRatio%''" 4
.IX Item "- Video;%DisplayAspectRatio%"
Then the display aspect ratio is printed out.
.ie n .IP "\- ""Audio;%Format%""" 4
.el .IP "\- ``Audio;%Format%''" 4
.IX Item "- Audio;%Format%"
Then the audio format is printed out.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "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 \s-1GNU\s0 General
Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software
Foundation.
.PP
On Debian systems, the full text of the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License, Version 3
can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL\-3.