11 Best Free Video Metadata Viewer Software For Windows

Here is a list of best free video metadata viewer software for Windows. Using these freeware, you can retrieve basic as well as additional metadata information related to a video.

Most of these video tag viewer software let you see advanced metadata of a video file. This metadata includes information like video and audio codec name and ID, format profile, major brand, minor version, encoder, video standard, video stream size, compression mode, bit rate, bit rate mode, frame rate, frame rate mode, frame count, sampling rate, frequency, encoded date, tagged date, handler name, number of channels, bits per pixel, and many more. They also display general information like duration, file size, width and height, aspect ratio, title, album, format, creation date, etc. Many of these software provide flexibility to export video metadata to TXT, CSV, HTML, XML, etc. formats. Also, you can edit video metadata in a few of them.

These video metadata viewers support popular video formats like MP4, 3GP, AVI, MKV, WMV, MOV, FLV, etc. Many of them can be used as audio metadata viewer too as they also support common audio formats like MP2, MP3, FLAC, WMA, etc.

My Favorite Video Metadata Viewer Software:

MediaInfo is one of the best video metadata viewers as it lets you view detailed information as well as export the report to many formats like TXT, CSV, HTML, etc. FFMPEG is another favorite as you can see video information by using a simple command. Moo0 Video Info is also good because it supports a good range of video formats and has an easy-to-use user interface.

You can also checkout list of best free Video Metadata Editor and MP3 Tag Editor software for Windows.

MediaInfo

MediaInfo is one of the best video metadata viewer for Windows. It lets you view metadata of one or multiple videos simultaneously. To view video information, you can choose a particular type of view from Basic, Sheet, Tree, HTML, XML, MPEG, PBCore, EBUCore, and FIMS. You can see the following video information in MediaInfo:

• General: This includes container and general information like complete name with path, format, format profile, codec ID/string, file size, duration, bit rate, artist, encoded application, etc.
• Video: This section displays video information including ID/string, format (info, settings, and profile), codec (ID and info), duration, bit rate, width, height, aspect ratio, frame rate, color space, chroma subsampling, scan type, bit depth, stream size, encoded library setting, encoded date, tagged date, and some more.
• Audio: This includes information about the audio like ID, format info, channels (with position), sampling rates, compression mode, duration, bit rate, title, alternate group, etc.

It provides an Advanced mode option to view even more detailed information about a video. You cannot only see video information, but also export whole metadata as CSV, TXT, HTML, or XML.

It supports popular video formats including MP4, 3GP, AVI, MKV, WMV, MOV, etc. It can also be used as audio metadata viewer as it supports a wide range of audio files like WMA, APE, FLAC, MP3, MP2, OGG, etc.

MediaInfo is a feature rich metadata viewer for audio and video files. It provides a toolbar to access main functions easily. Using it, you can create a header file, enable full parsing, view known codecs and parameters, and do more. You can also customize general preferences like interface language, output format, etc.

FFMPEG

FFMPEG is a command line tool to view video metadata. It is actually a command line video transcoder, and one of the features it supports is viewing video metadata from command line.

To View Video Metadata using FFMPEG:

• Simply open command prompt and navigate to extracted FFMPEG folder.
• Now, use the following syntax to retrieve video metadata: ffmpeg -i <input video> -f ffmetadata <output.txt>. The final command will look like this:

ffmpeg -i listoffreeware.MP4 -f ffmetadata lof.txt

It will display information in command prompt and export metadata (with only few tags) to Text file. You can choose different file formats to save video information, like HTML, CSV, XML, etc.

The displayed information contains metadata like major brand, minor version, compatible brands, encoder, album, duration, bit rate, etc.. It also shows stream information including video codec, audio codec, frame rate, bit rate, time base, handler name, sound, frequency, etc.

Apart from video metadata viewer, FFMPEG can be used as video metadata editor, video resizer, video rotator, etc.

Moo0 Video Info

Moo0 Video Info is another good video metadata viewer. It lets you drag and drop a video to its interface and view its metadata. This metadata contains information including format (short and long name), bit rate, number of streams, major brand, minor version, compatible brands, album artist, encoder, etc.

It also shows streams’ information which include type (audio or video), codec (name, tag, string, and time base),  frame rate (real and average), duration, bit rate, number of frames, number of channels, sample rate, etc. Other information displayed in this freeware are width, height, aspect ratio, pixel format, language, handler name, etc.

This video tag viewer supports popular video formats including AVI, FLV, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPG, RMVB, TP, TS, VOB, WMV, etc.

Moo0 Video Info provides detailed information about a video. It provides Summary and Detailed types of view to see video metadata. It lets you customize interface language (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, etc.) as well.

Extract Metadata From Video Files Software

Extract Metadata From Video Files Software is free video metadata extractor for Windows. It shows information about multiple tags present in a video file. After you add a video file and click on Start Extracting Metadata option, it will display information in the section below. You can use the slider and view all video tags’ information.

The tag fields include format info, video codec, format version, video format profile, bit rate with mode, frame rate mode, video height and width, frame count, video standard, video stream size, video colorimetry, etc. It also displays information about audio codec like audio format info, format version, codec, duration, bit rate with mode, etc. You can view other information as well like last accessed date, last modified date, and created date.

It lets you save the extracted metadata as Text or Excel file, or copy results to clipboard.

This video metadata viewer supports video formats including AVI, MPEG, MP4, MOV, FLV, and WMV.

AVInaptic

AVInaptic is a portable video metadata viewer. It lets you view detailed information about a video. The metadata includes file information (name, date, duration, file type, and note), generic information (duration, container, major brand, compatible brand, creation time, modification time, tracks, etc.), video track (codec, resolution, frame aspect ratio, frame rate, bit rate, etc.), audio track (codec, bit rate, mode, sampling frequency, etc.), and video bitstream (bitstream type, user data, SPS ID, PPS ID, chroma format, profile, entropy coding type, etc.).

It also lets you export video metadata as TXT or HTML file.

It supports common video formats including MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, etc.

AVInaptic is a good video tag viewer which displays necessary information about a video. It also lets you set credit position by entering frame range to ignore. It provides an interesting feature of extracting audio from imported video and saving it as a MP3 file. It lets you customize interface by modifying color of background, section, field value, and field name, customize font, indent pattern, etc.

AVIcodec

AVIcodec is another free video metadata viewer for Windows. It lets you add one or multiple video files to see their metadata. It displays video information at the bottom of its interface. You can view following types of metadata:

• File details: It includes calculated size, duration, type, audio stream, and quality.
• Video details: It includes video size, bit rate, frame rate, resolution, aspect ratio, and video codec. It also shows whether the video is supported on the current system or not.
• Audio details: Here, you can view information like audio size, bit rate, frequency, number of channels, and audio codec.

It lets you save video metadata information as a CSV file.

The supported formats in AVIcodec are AVI, WMV, RMVB, RM, DIVX, MPG, VOB, FLV, etc.

It can be used to view MP3 metadata too. It also lets you enable options, like, context menu, quick analyze, generate header file, scan folders recursively, etc. Additionally, you can change interface language too. It also lets you view codec and filters.

abcAVI Tag Editor

abcAVI Tag Editor is basically a video metadata editor which lets you view tag information as well. This information includes file size, duration, video quality, video stream (video codec, resolution, fourcc, bits per pixels, number of frames, frame rate, and bit rate), and audio stream (audio codec, frequency, bit rate, etc.).

You can also view information about video compression by clicking on the option highlighted in above snapshot. It displays information including aspect ratio, video compression percentage, frame size, frame proportion, effective bits per pixel/frame, etc.

This video metadata viewer supports only AVI video format.

abcAVI Tag Editor is a good video metadata editor as well as viewer. It lets you write various tags to include in a video file. Also, you can preview AVI files in default video player, copy tags to clipboard, and do more. You can customize some interface preferences like language, font, character set, time and size display format, etc.

VLC media player

VLC media player is a popular video player which can be used as a video metadata viewer. It lets you view basic audio and video codec information of a video. To see the information, go to Tools > Media Information and move to Codec tab. The tab displays video codec, audio codec, resolution, frame rate, decoded format, channel, and sample rate.

It lets you view as well as edit video metadata including title, artist, album, year, genre, publisher, encoder, etc. It can be used to view audio codec information in supported audio files as well.

VLC media player can be used for multiple purposes like resizing a video, rotating a video, and more.

GSpot

GSpot is another portable video metadata viewer. It displays following information:

• Container: It includes file format with version, base media format, recommended display size, created date, and modified date.
• Video: It includes information like video codec, name, status, length, number of frames, frame rate, frames per second, bit rate, display size, storage aspect ratio, etc.
• Audio: It includes audio metadata like codec info, frequency, sound, etc.

It supports video formats like AVI, MP4, FLV, MPEG, etc. It also supports audio formats like MP3, AAC, etc.

Using this freeware, you can play video in associated player, view known audio and video compression formats, see list of media types, etc.

Mp4 Explorer

Mp4 Explorer is a portable MP4 metadata viewer. It lets you view file information (major brand, minor version, and compatible brands), movie information (duration, time scale, and number of tracks), tracks information (flags, ID, type, duration, time scale, sample count, coding, AVC profile/compatibility/levels, width, height, and depth, maximum/average bit rate, sample rate, sample size, channels, stream type, object type, buffer size, etc.). It also lets you view raw data in Media Data Box.

Apart from MP4, it supports other media file formats including M4A, ISMV, and MOV.

It is a basic video metadata viewer with limited functionalities. It lets you copy metadata to clipboard.

Movie Scanner

Movie Scanner is a basic video metadata viewer. It lets you import a video or a folder of videos to view their basic tag information simultaneously. It displays metadata including aspect ratio, video quality, resolution, size, format, video codec, audio codec, etc.

It supports a good range of video formats, such as MP4, AVI, MKV, FLV, MOV, WMV, MTS, 3GP, TS, etc. It also supports few audio formats including WMA, MP2, OGG, etc.

Movie Scanner lets you view limited information related to a video. It lets you sort imported files by name, extension, size, or path, search them with titles, and remove all files at once. It is lightweight and portable multimedia tag viewer.