Display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files

MediaInfo for Mac

MediaInfo for Mac

  -  10.5 MB  -  Open Source
  • Latest Version

    MediaInfo 25.07 LATEST

  • Review by

    Sophia Jones

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.6 or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    MediaInfo Team / External Link

  • Filename

    MediaInfo_GUI_25.07_Mac.dmg

MediaInfo for Mac supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio files. Example of information is codec, bit rate, frames per second, width, height, count of channels, duration, title, author, language of subtitles, and name of chapters.

Multiple means to view information (text, sheet, tree, and HTML) and you can customize these views. Exporting possibilities for text, CSV, HTM, Graphical Interface, or Command Line are available.

Supported formats include MKV, OGM, AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DVD, OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, and AIFF.

The MediaInfo for macOS data display includes:
  • Container: format, profile, commercial name of the format, duration, overall bit rate, writing application and library, title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
  • Video: format, codec id, aspect, frame rate, bit rate, color space, chroma subsampling, bit depth, scan type, scan order...
  • Audio: format, codec id, sample rate, channels, bit depth, language, bit rate...
  • Text: format, codec id, language of subtitle...
  • Chapters: count of chapters, list of chapters...
MediaInfo analyticals include:
  • Container: MPEG-4, QuickTime, Matroska, AVI, MPEG-PS (including unprotected DVD), MPEG-TS (including unprotected Blu-ray), MXF, GXF, LXF, WMV, FLV, Real...
  • Tags: Id3v1, Id3v2, Vorbis comments, APE tags...
  • Video: MPEG-1/2 Video, H.263, MPEG-4 Visual (including DivX, XviD), H.264/AVC, Dirac...
  • Audio: MPEG Audio (including MP3), AC3, DTS, AAC, Dolby E, AES3, FLAC...
  • Subtitles: CEA-608, CEA-708, DTVCC, SCTE-20, SCTE-128, ATSC/53, CDP, DVB Subtitle, Teletext, SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...
Media Info features include:
  • Read many video and audio file formats
  • View information in different formats (text, sheet, tree, HTML...)
  • Customize these viewing formats
  • Export information as text, CSV, HTML...
  • Graphical user interface, command line interface, or library (.dll/.so/.dylib) versions available
  • Integrate with the shell (drag 'n' drop, and Context menu)
  • Internationalization: display any language on any operating system
How to Use

Install by dragging it into the Applications folder

Launch the app from Applications

Drag and drop a media file into the window

View detailed media info including codecs and bitrate

Use File > Export to save the report

Adjust preferences for output format and layout

System Requirements
  • macOS 10.12 or later
  • Intel or Apple Silicon processor
  • At least 100 MB of free disk space
  • Minimum 2 GB RAM
  • Internet connection (for updates only)
PROS
  • Supports a wide range of file formats
  • Displays technical and tag metadata
  • Available in both GUI and CLI versions
  • Lightweight and fast to use
  • Exportable reports in multiple formats
CONS
  • Interface is minimal and outdated
  • No editing or media conversion tools
  • Limited customization options
  • Does not play or preview media
  • Relies on manual file loading, no batch drag folders
Also Available: Download MediaInfo for Windows

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What's new in this version:

- Update Italian translation
- MPEG-4 : Support of Spherical Video 2
- MPEG-4 : Spherical Video improvements
- MPEG-4: Support of location in mdta
- MPEG-4: Parse XMP metadata
- MPEG-4: Better support of Auro-Cx 3D audio
- Matroska : Improvement of Spherical Video
- Matroska: TimecodeXML output
- AV1: Display of HDR10+
- CAF: Improved support
- APE tags: Map more tags
- WavPack: Display MD5 sum of raw audio data
- FLAC: Map Arranger and Lyricist
- DTS: More DTS:X detection
- PNG/HEIF: Parse ISO 21496-1 Gain map metadata
- XMP: Parse Adobe/UltraHDR Gain map metadata
- JPEG/TIFF: Show thumbnails information, Exif style
- JPEG/TIFF/HEIF: Parse Exif (location, dates, model name...) metadata
- JPEG: Show thumbnails information, MPF style
- TIFF/JPEG: Parse IPTC-NAA, XMP, PSIR, PSD metadata and more
- JPEG/PNG: Support of C2PA
- C2PA: Parsing of thumbnails
- JPEG: Support of GContainer with or without MPF, for more HDR related info
- Model names: Map to marketing names e.g SM-S931B becomes Samsung S25
- XMP: GIMP version + improve multi CreateDate handling and more
- ICC: Information from profile description
- PNG: Split image size from metadata size
- PNG: Parse metadata at the end of the file
- DNG: Detection of DNG rather than generic TIFF
- PNG: Encoded date
- JPG: Writing library name
- PNG: Support of MNG and JNG
- Thumbnails: Add a dedicated image track for thumbnails and covers
- PAC: Option for default frame rate
- Dates: Normalize dates from different formats
- HTML output: Display cover image
- I2360, MPEG4: fix crash on HEIC files
- H263: Fix potential bad compute of frame size
- FFV1: Fix parsing of initial_state_delta tables leading to wrong full frame parsing
- ADM: Don't consider comments as not permitted
- EXR : Fix comment not displayed
- JNA: Fix Java to Native integer conversion
- Supported platforms: this is the last version compatible with Android 4.x