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
Dependencies under Linux
Listing
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 prerequisite 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 build 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 $BUILD_DIR
git clone https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo.git
cd MediaInfo/Project/GNU/CLI
./autogen.sh
Then, under macOS:
export PATH=$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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