Mediainfo Metadata Extractor

---
name: "MediaInfo Metadata Extractor"
slug: "mediainfo-metadata-extractor"
description: "Extracts comprehensive media metadata using the MediaInfo library and pymediainfo Python bindings. Analyzes video/audio codec parameters, container formats, and HDR metadata for media asset management."
github_stars: 1873
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo"
author: "MediaArea"
category: "Media & Transcription"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "MediaArea/MediaInfo"
  github_stars: 1873
---

# MediaInfo Metadata Extractor

Extracts comprehensive media metadata using the MediaInfo library and pymediainfo Python bindings. Analyzes video/audio codec parameters, container formats, and HDR metadata for media asset management.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo.git
- make
- make -j4
- git clone https://github.com/MediaArea/ZenLib.git

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- The following are the common prerequisites that are required in order to build the CLI or any of the GUI on Windows.
- Prepare the prerequisites by running the following commands:

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ##### Software
- Git for Windows (<https://gitforwindows.org/>) and/or GitHub Desktop (<https://desktop.github.com/>)
- Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition (<https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/>) or other editions

- Source: https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/mediainfo-metadata-extractor/)