MediaInfo README

MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

How to build MediaInfo

Build under macOS and Linux

First, you must create a directory which will receive the MediaInfo directory, and ZenLib and MediaInfoLib if you decide to compile them yourself.

In this document, this directory will be referred as $BUILD_DIR.

Dependencies under macOS

MacPorts

Some dependencies are available with MacPorts. To install MacPorts: https://guide.macports.org/#installing

port install autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig zlib wxWidgets-3.0

MediaArea tools

• libzen
• libmediainfo

Dependencies under Linux

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Build tools

• git
• automake
• autoconf
• libtool
• pkgconfig
• make
• g++

MediaArea tools

• libzen0
• libmediainfo0

CLI and GUI dependencies

• zlib

GUI only dependencies

• wxwidgets

Ubuntu

Build tools and CLI/GUI dependencies

apt-get install git automake autoconf libtool pkg-config make g++ zlib1g-dev

MediaArea tools

Go to https://mediaarea.net/fr/MediaInfo/Download/Ubuntu and download the libmediainfo0, libmediainfo-dev, libzen0 and libzen-dev packages corresponding to your Ubuntu version. Then install them with :

dpkg -i libmediainfo* libzen*

GUI only dependencies

apt-get install libwxgtk3.0-dev

Fedora

Build tools and CLI/GUI dependencies

sudo yum install git automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig make gcc-c++ zlib-devel

MediaArea tools

Go to https://mediaarea.net/fr/MediaInfo/Download/Fedora and download the libmediainfo0, libmediainfo-devel, libzen0 and libzen-devel packages corresponding to your Fedora version and CPU architecture. Then install them with :

sudo yum install libmediainfo*.rpm libzen*.rpm

GUI only dependencies

sudo yum install wxGTK-devel desktop-file-utils

Debian

Build tools and CLI/GUI dependencies

apt-get install git automake autoconf libtool pkg-config make g++ zlib1g-dev

MediaArea tools

Go to https://mediaarea.net/fr/MediaInfo/Download/Debian and download the libmediainfo0, libmediainfo-dev, libzen0 and libzen-dev packages corresponding to your Debian version. Then install them with :

dpkg -i libmediainfo* libzen*

GUI only dependencies

apt-get install libwxgtk3.0-dev

OpenSUSE

Build tools and CLI/GUI dependencies

zypper install git automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig make gcc-c++ zlib-devel

MediaArea tools

Go to https://mediaarea.net/fr/MediaInfo/Download/openSUSE and download the libmediainfo0, libmediainfo-devel, libzen0 and libzen-devel packages corresponding to your OpenSuse version. Then install them with :

rpm -i libmediainfo* libzen*

GUI only dependencies

zypper install libqt4-devel libQtWebKit-devel update-desktop-files

Build MediaInfo CLI

When you have done all the prerequisites for your configuration, then build MediaInfo. We start with the CLI.

cd $BUILD_DIR
git clone https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo.git
cd MediaInfo/Project/GNU/CLI
./autogen.sh

Then, under macOS:

./configure --enable-staticlibs
make

Under Linux:

./configure --enable-shared
make

Or for statically linked executable, if you also build ZenLib and MediaInfoLib:

./configure --enable-staticlibs
make

Launch the CLI

./mediainfo

Build MediaInfo GUI

If you have already built the CLI, no need to run git twice. In fact, if you re-run git with an existing MediaInfo directory, git will complain and exit.

To compile MediaInfo GUI under macOS and Linux:

cd $BUILD_DIR
git clone https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo.git
cd MediaInfo/Project/GNU/GUI
./autogen.sh

Then, under macOS:

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/wxWidgets.framework/Versions/wxWidgets/3/0/bin
./configure --enable-staticlibs
make

Under Linux:

./configure --enable-shared
make

Or for statically linked executable, if you also build ZenLib and MediaInfoLib:

./configure --enable-staticlibs
make

Launch the GUI

./mediainfo-gui

Optional : build ZenLib and MediaInfoLib

ZenLib

To compile ZenLib under macOS and Linux:

cd $BUILD_DIR
git clone https://github.com/MediaArea/ZenLib.git
cd ZenLib/Project/GNU/Library
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-static
make

MediaInfoLib

To compile MediaInfoLib under macOS and Linux:

cd $BUILD_DIR
git clone https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib.git
cd MediaInfoLib/Project/GNU/Library
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-static
make

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