Looking for a freeware video file analyzer

[zektor]

I guess that would be what to call it. Something that can tell me what a
certain video file (avi or mpg..etc) was encoded with. If the AVI is a
DivX/XviD...if the Mpeg is Mpeg1 or 2...what type of audio is being used in
an AVI file...and so forth. Does something like this exist?

 

[Pete]

I guess that would be what to call it. Something that can tell me what a
certain video file (avi or mpg..etc) was encoded with. If the AVI is a
DivX/XviD...if the Mpeg is Mpeg1 or 2...what type of audio is being used in
an AVI file...and so forth. Does something like this exist?

Virtual Dub http://www.virtualdub.org/index
File Open-> File Information

and/or

GSpot http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

* Establishes what video codecs (audio and video) are required to play an
AVI file.
* Determines whether these codecs are installed on your system.
* Isolates problems associated with these codecs.
* Simple operation - Basic use: "File > Open", then read results

 

[John Corliss]

Virtual Dub http://www.virtualdub.org/index
File Open-> File Information

and/or

GSpot http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

* Establishes what video codecs (audio and video) are required to play an
AVI file.
* Determines whether these codecs are installed on your system.
* Isolates problems associated with these codecs.
* Simple operation - Basic use: "File > Open", then read results

Never noticed that second one before. I especially like the following
about it:

" * Win95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
* No Install (optional), No spyware, No advertising, No registration
* Free"

And here's a screenshot:

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/main_dlg.png

Thanks!

 

[Simon Whitaker]

I guess that would be what to call it. Something that can tell me what
a certain video file (avi or mpg..etc) was encoded with. If the AVI is
a DivX/XviD...if the Mpeg is Mpeg1 or 2...what type of audio is being
used in an AVI file...and so forth. Does something like this exist?

GSpot

http://gspot.headbands.com/

 

[bambam]

Never noticed that second one before. I especially like the following
about it:

" * Win95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
* No Install (optional), No spyware, No advertising, No registration *
Free"

So good in fact that it made this rather special list-

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2004/PL2004MULTIMEDIA.htm#B152

)

 

[John Corliss]

So good in fact that it made this rather special list-

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2004/PL2004MULTIMEDIA.htm#B152

)

Well, I must admit that I've never reviewed the entire Pricelessware
list. I usually only look at it when I have a specific need for a
certain type of program. In this case, Pete's post pointed out a need
I wasn't aware that I had. It also provided the solution.
I hope the beta works okay, because that's what I downloaded.

 

[John Corliss]

Well, I must admit that I've never reviewed the entire Pricelessware
list. I usually only look at it when I have a specific need for a
certain type of program. In this case, Pete's post pointed out a need I
wasn't aware that I had. It also provided the solution.
I hope the beta works okay, because that's what I downloaded.

It doesn't. Won't open a file, and when I try to use the "Send to"
entry on a file, the program starts to open but then locks up. That's
a pretty serious problem I'd say, so I removed it. Will try out the
stable release.

 

[Onno Voors]

GSpot

http://gspot.headbands.com/

Avicodec is much better than Gspot. And faster.

http://avicodec.duby.info/

"AVIcodec v1.1 - Free multimeda files analyser :
Gives detailled information, especially the codecs needed to play the
file, and where to download those codecs if they are missing on your
system.

* Recognized formats :
o Natively : AVI, ASF & WMV, Real (.rm, .rmvb), Ogg (.ogg,
..ogm), Mpeg-(S)VCD-DVD (.mpg, .vob)
o Others : all those handled by DirectShow (.mp3, ...).
* Features : install program, tooltips, drag & drop support,
accessible from contextual menu in Explorer, export of all the
information, recusive directory analysis, ...
* Langages : Chinese, Deutsch, English, Español, Francais, Hungarian,
Italiano, Nederlands, polski, Portugûes, Romanian, Russian.
If your language is not there, please help me to add a translation
in your language.
* Code : Borland C++ Builder 6. Source code available on demand.
* New : Next release (1.2) will use MediaInfo DLL to grab file
information. MediaInfo adds Mastroska support and others interesting
things !"

 

[John Corliss]

Avicodec is much better than Gspot. And faster.

http://avicodec.duby.info/

"AVIcodec v1.1 - Free multimeda files analyser :
Gives detailled information, especially the codecs needed to play the
file, and where to download those codecs if they are missing on your
system. (clipped)

This thread gets better and better! Not only does that look like a
good program, but the page is loaded with excellent links. Here's
another program I found there for editing MPEG files:

http://www.flaskmpeg.net/

It almost looks like a (finally!) replacement for TMPGenc because it
does MPEG2.

Many thanks for this page, Onno! I'll be busy for hours checking it out.

 

[J44xm]

["Onno Voors"; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:35:27 GMT]

Avicodec is much better than Gspot. And faster.

Can't say anything about Gspot, but AVIcodec _is_ excellent.

 

[John Corliss]

(clipped)
This thread gets better and better! Not only does that look like a good
program, but the page is loaded with excellent links. Here's another
program I found there for editing MPEG files:

http://www.flaskmpeg.net/

It almost looks like a (finally!) replacement for TMPGenc because it
does MPEG2.

Many thanks for this page, Onno! I'll be busy for hours checking it out.

That program (Flaskmpeg), although freeware, requires commercial $ware
plugins in order to even install.

Damn.

 

[Adrian Boliston]

That program (Flaskmpeg), although freeware, requires commercial $ware
plugins in order to even install.

The "beta" version seemed to install and run fine, but the other version
would not run.

 

[John Corliss]

The "beta" version seemed to install and run fine, but the other version
would not run.

Were you actually able to export a file? My understanding was that in
order to do so, you'd have to have one of the plugins installed on
your computer. Of those three that were listed, the first was a dead
link and I was unable to locate a legal source for it, and the other
two were $ware.

 

[John Corliss]

Were you actually able to export a file? My understanding was that in
order to do so, you'd have to have one of the plugins installed on your
computer. Of those three that were listed, the first was a dead link and
I was unable to locate a legal source for it, and the other two were $ware.

I just verified that this is in fact the case. Guess we're out of luck.