MediaTab AlternativesMetadata Viewers and other similar apps like MediaTab

MediaTab is described as 'Provides you information of your multimedia files, like MediaInfo does, but without the need to launch an application. MediaTab use the power of MediaInfo integrating it on your operating system' and is a Metadata Viewer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MediaTab for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best MediaTab alternative is MediaInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MediaTab are GSpot, MediaInfoXP, MediaInfo Lite and MovieScanner.

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  1. MediaInfo icon

    MediaInfo

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    MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. Supports many audio and video formats, with different methods of viewing information.

    17 MediaInfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • AWS Lambda
    • Online
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    • MediaInfo is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to MediaTab.

    • MediaInfo is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to MediaTab.

    • MediaInfo is Free and Open SourceMediaTab is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. GSpot icon

    GSpot

     32 likes

    GSpot is a Windows-based freeware designed to identify codecs used in video files. In addition, the application checks if the required DirectShow filters or Video for Windows codecs are installed and configured for proper playback.

    12 GSpot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. MediaInfoXP icon

    MediaInfoXP

     5 likes

    A simple GUI for MediaInfo, an open source tool for displaying technical information about media files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. MediaInfo Lite icon

    MediaInfo Lite

     5 likes

    This is a tool to analyze media files. It can give you information about the audio and video format, video resolution, duration, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MediaInfo Lite screenshot 1
     
  6. MovieScanner icon

    MovieScanner

     5 likes

    Small utility to scan your video files and store the media details (audio, video, subtitles) into a small database. Support export end printing of data, multiple databases, external subtitle, HDR and 3D detection, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. AVInaptic icon

    AVInaptic

     3 likes

    AVInaptic is a program with a simple GUI (GTK +2) that analyzes file type AVI, ASF / WMV, MP4/MOV, Matroska (MKV), OGG, OGM, FLV, and shows a lot of information about technical characteristics (useful in predicting if the movie will be read from your portable player).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Chocolatey
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  9. PlayTime icon

    PlayTime

     4 likes

    Quickly calculate the total play time of a list of most any music or movie file. That was the original request. Due to further user requests, PlayTime has since been expanded to be a fairly complete front-end for the MediaInfo library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Scoop! icon

    Scoop!

     1 like

    Displays all sort of technical information from any media file. You can filter data to compare, print and export information.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Scoop! screenshot 1
     

    • Scoop! is the most popular commercial alternative to MediaTab.

    • Scoop! is Paid and ProprietaryMediaTab is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Scoop! is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMediaTab is not according to our users

  11. PlotBitrate

     1 like

    These little gem returns the bit rate, lows and highs, of a movie in a nice graph. Relies on solid ffmpeg :D

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FFmpeg
    • Python
    Movie with "fluctuating" bitrate
     
  12. Moo0 Video Info icon

    Moo0 Video Info

     2 likes

    Moo0 Video Info is a very easy tool which can dispaly each video / audio file's information.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. VideoSpec icon

    VideoSpec

     2 likes

    VideoSpec is a free AppleScript studio App (Xcode 3.0 on Leopard) making use of MediaInfo CLI, MPlayer, FFmpeg, qt_tools and AtomicParsley binaries to display detailed informations on video files. Compatibility of analyzed media file with QuickTime Player v.7.6.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. CodecInstaller icon

    CodecInstaller

     1 like

    Ever had a movie where you could only hear the sound and there were no video? Or only video and no sound?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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