Media Mediainfo

Context: $ARGUMENTS

Quick start

• Human summary of a file: → Step 2 (mediainfo in.mp4)
• Machine-readable JSON for scripting: → Step 2 (--Output=JSON) and Step 3
• HDR10 / HDR10+ / Dolby Vision profile check: → Step 4 (hdr subcommand)
• Netflix delivery spec pre-flight: → Step 4 (netflix-check)
• Field-name crosswalk MediaInfo vs ffprobe: → references/mediainfo.md

When to use

• You need container-level detail that ffprobe silently omits (MP4 atom types, MKV cluster counts, MXF SMPTE operational patterns, CMAF moof/mdat structure).
• HDR static/dynamic metadata verification (MasteringDisplay primaries, MaxCLL, MaxFALL) — ffprobe only surfaces these via -show_frames -show_entries side_data; MediaInfo shows them at the stream level.
• Dolby Vision profile disambiguation (DV5 / DV7 / DV8.1 / DV8.4) — MediaInfo's DV reporting is the most reliable outside studio toolchains.
• Broadcast QC — codec profile ("High@L4.1", "Main 10@L5.1@High"), GOP structure, color description, audio channel layout description.
• Multi-file delivery audits where you script a compliance check and compare many files against a spec.