How to determine which codecs are used in audio and video files (Windows)

by Ross McKillop on April 8, 2008

Windows

Using the great little app MediaInfoGUI .NET 1.0, just drag and drop your audio and/or video files into the window, and all the information about those files is displayed.

mediagui .net in action
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note: as the name implies, the Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework (or higher) is required.

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    1 ic 04.08.08 at 2:03 pm

    gSpot is an alternative, although it does one file at a time.
    http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

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