How do I get the meta-data of a video file?

Most players will have a way of giving this information. It may also be provided by the OS, depending on which one you are using (Windows 7 shows it in the status pane).

In any case, what you can do is to install a shell-extension like MediaInfo to give you this information on demand.


With ffmpeg comes ffprobe

$ ffprobe -show_data -hide_banner xyz.mp4 
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'xyz.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : mp42
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: isommp42
    creation_time   : 2017-04-26T19:36:24.000000Z
    com.android.version: 8.0.0
  Duration: 00:00:51.81, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 14257 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080, 13936 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 24.58 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      rotate          : 270
      creation_time   : 2017-04-26T19:36:24.000000Z
      handler_name    : VideoHandle
    Side data:
      displaymatrix: rotation of 90.00 degrees
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-05-26T19:36:24.000000Z
      handler_name    : SoundHandle

I did use older versions of Super software for this

It has come to my attention that Super Software has malware bundled with the software so there is a better alternative called MediaInfo which does the same thing. Once installed right click on the video file and select MediaInfo. When it opens select View>Tree to see all the information.

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