libmediainfo
brew install libmediainfo
v26.05
BSD-2-Clause
Shared library for reading and extracting metadata from audio and video files.
Why you might care
libmediainfo is a core dependency for tools that need to inspect media file properties (codec, bitrate, duration, etc.) without decoding the entire file. It's fast, supports a wide range of container and codec formats, and is the underlying library behind the mediainfo CLI tool.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libmediainfo.rb
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