MediaInfoXP v2.37 (MediaInfo v20.08)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v20.08 (2020-08-11)

MediaInfo Changes

Version 20.08, 2020-08-11

• MPEG-H 3D Audio full featured support (group presets, switch groups, groups, signal groups)
• MP4/MOV: support of more metadata locations
• JSON and XML outputs: authorize "complete" output
• MPEG-4: support of TrueHD
• WM: show legacy value of performer if not same as modern one
• WAV: trace of adtl (Associated Data List) chunk
• URL encoding detection fix for URL having a query part (issue with e.g. pre-signed AWS S3 URLs)
• Don't try to seek to the end (false positive range related error with HTTP)
• DPX: don't load the whole file in RAM
• Opus: fix wrong channel mapping
• Miscellaneous other bug fixes

MediaInfoXP v2.36.1 (MediaInfo v20.03)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v20.03 (2020-04-03)
• Optionally use the MediaInfo executable from cache sub-directory

MediaInfo Changes

Version 20.03, 2020-04-03

• AC-4 full featured support (presentations, groups, substreams)
• MPEG-H 3D Audio basic support
• MPEG-TS: audio preselection descriptor support
• Dolby Vision v2 detection
• MPEG-4: support of colr/nclx (color information) box
• URL encoding option fixes, permitting to use URL encoded or non URL encoded links
• AAC: fix SBR frequency when in ADIF
• DPX: ColorimetricSpecification and TransferCharacteristic were inverted
• Several crash and memory leaks fixes

Version 19.09, 2019-09-10

• AC-4: basic detection, raw, in MP4 or TS
• AC-3/E-AC-3: display time code of the first frame
• Don't show anymore by default "encoded" bit rates and stream sizes
• MOV: Decode more language codes
• MXF: some metadata were missing
• AC-3: AC-3 actually has no bit depth, removing the default 16 value
• AC-3/E-AC-3: fix bitrate info (so duration) with streams having a time code
• AC-3: parse more frames also when in MP4, in order to better detect JOC (Atmos)
• MP4: do not show audio bit depth if it is the "default" 16 (value is not trustable enough)
• roRes RAW: we know only width and height
• SubRip: bad handling of files having a quote character

MediaInfoXP v2.35 (MediaInfo v19.07)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v19.07 (2019-07-16)

MediaInfo Changes

Version 19.07, 2019-07-16

• Dolby E: readout of Dolby E program description
• MXF: Detection of Dolby Vision
• MP4: support of Spatial Audio Metadata
• DV: color space is explicit
• DV: audio format settings
• Matroska: PCM bit rate
• MOV, MXF: Time code frame rate
• DV: DVCAM commercial name for locked audio and PAL 4:2:0
• MXF: Time code track name
• USAC: frame rate was missing in case of non standard sampling rate
• USAC: fix infinite loop with some LATM streams
• WAV: MP3 delay should be added to BWF time reference
• TTML: fix wrong output with standalone files
• N19/STL: fix crash with some uncommon framerates
• VC-3: fix sub sampling with some v2 files
• DV: Time code frame number was wrong (divided by 2) for 50/60 fps content

MediaInfoXP v2.34 (MediaInfo v19.04)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v19.04 (2019-04-23)

MediaInfo Changes

Version 19.04, 2019-04-23

• USAC: DRC effect types, Sample peak level, True peak level, Program loudness
• HDR: SMPTE ST 2094 App 4 (including HDR10+) support
• HDR: move HDR10, Dolby Vision and SL-HDR meta to specific generic "HDR Format" lines
• Matroska: SMPTE ST 2086 (HDR10) support
• Matroska: FieldOrder support
• HEIF image format support
• AV1: support of AV1 in MP4, HEIF, IVF
• MOV: Add a lot more countries to AppleStoreCountry field internal list
• MXF: Fix memory leak when fully parsing big file with acquisition metadata
• HEVC: more HEVC profiles (Multiview, Scalable, Screen Content...)
• AAC: better handling of corrupted streams
• AAC: better handling of unknown channel layouts
• AVC in MP4: better support of corrupted streams
• B1101, AVI: fix crash with some invalid streams
• B1101, SMPTE ST 337: fix crash with some invalid streams
• Matroska: chapters timestamp were not display if chapters have no name
• MXF: Fix false positive truncated file detection when there is no Random Index Pack
• AAC: channel layout typos (Rls instead of Lrs, Lr instead of Rb)
• ProRes: correctly show color space if alpha plane is present
• MPEG Audio: some VBR files use "Info" Xing header, so we ignore the difference between Info/Xing
• I943, MPEG-4: wrong display aspect ratio in some corner cases (32-bit release only)
• I1096, OGG: assign METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE tag to cover

MediaInfoXP v2.33 (MediaInfo v18.12)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v18.12 (2018-12-10)

MediaInfo Changes

Version 18.12, 2018-12-10

• DCP: support of multi-reel packages
• EBUCore: added some FFV1 related metadata
• JPEG: better info display of CYMK files
• Provide source of the color related metadata (container or stream) (hidden by default)
• MXF: display more information when wrapper/essence values are detected as not same
• MXF: ProRes profiles
• MPEG-4: ProRes RAW support
• MPEG-TS: add support of parsing some ETSI TS 103-433 messages
• MPEG-2 Video: variable GOP detection fix
• MPEG-7 export: some fields were missing due to the removal of some legacy fields
• ADTS: Fix display of channel count for 8-channel streams
• ID3v2: fix some date related issues
• I298, ID3v2: fix wrong read of recording date in some cases
• I1032, PBCore2: fix essenceFrameSize with non Video tracks
• I1096, JPEG: fix crash with one file
• Several other crash and memory leak fixes

MediaInfoXP v2.32 (MediaInfo v18.08.1)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v18.08.1 (2018-09-10)
• Build environment upgraded to Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.9 (MSVC 14.16)

MediaInfo Changes

Version 18.08.1, 2018-09-10

• Fix XML/MPEG-7/PBCore2 output discarding non ANSI characters

MediaInfoXP v2.31 (MediaInfo v18.08)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v18.08 (2018-09-07)
• Build environment upgraded to Visual Studio 2017 (15.8)

MediaInfo Changes

Version 18.08, 2018-08-31

• Dolby Atmos (in E-AC-3 or TrueHD): support of bed channel count/configuration + objects count + complexity index
• AC-3/DTS/AAC: display of info about legacy decoders behavior removed
• AC-3/DTS/AAC: some changes in how format is displayed
• AC-3/DTS/AAC: better split between technical names and commercial names
• AAC: support of profile information from MP4_IOD_Tag AudioProfileLevelIndication
• USAC (xHE-AAC) support
• Audio channel layout: using a new terminology, better suited for 3D Audio
• DSD (DSF & DSDIFF) support
• DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) commercial name
• Dolby Vision: use new form for profile (numbers instead of acronyms)
• New format "Directory" when image sequence + audio file is detected (1 directory style for the moment)
• PBCore2 export update, thanks to WGBH
• MPEG-7 export update
• NISO export update
• AV1: support of AOmedia AV1 based on 1.0.0 specifications
• ATRAC9 detection
• Versionned RPMs
• HEVC: better support of buggy SEI
• ADTS: CodecID
• Support of injection of external metadata
• HTTPS: support of AWS extension "x-amz-*" in HTTPS headers
• MPEG-4, #1005: Obey edit list in QuickTime Timecode track
• MIXML: hide fields which were hidden in normal output
• Hybrid AC-3/E-AC-3 (in Blu-rays): bit rate info was wrong
• Lot of bug fixes, see full log for more info

Version 18.05, 2018-05-09

• PBCore 2.1 export update, sponsored by WGBH as part of the NEH-funded PBCore Development
• TIFF: more IFDs are supported (density, software...)
• NISO Z39.87 output
• Mastering Display Color Primaries: was always showing BT.709 instead of real value, when present
• Attachments: do not provide anymore attachments content in XML by default, fixes

MediaInfoXP v2.30 (MediaInfo v18.03.1)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v18.03.1 (2018-03-26)
• Build environment upgraded to Visual Studio 2017 (15.6)

MediaInfo Changes

Version 18.03.1, 2018-03-26

• Fix regression on Windows with directory names beginning by n or r.

Version 18.03, 2018-03-19

• AV1: support of AOmedia AV1 based on latest specifications draft, raw (OBU) and in MKV
• MXF: HDR metadata support
• MXF: detection and parsing of ProRes (SMPTE RDD 44)
• MXF: framerate container/stream incoherence detection
• DPX: endianess, packing mode, compression mode
• AVC: add consumer camera recording date/time
• AVC: add consumer camera model name and iris F number
• JPEG: ICC parsing, display of ICC color space
• EBUCore: possibility to inject external metadata in the output from MediaInfo
• JSON output
• Attachments: do not provide anymore attachments content in XML by default
• colour description: trying (again!) to have more coherent labeling
• DCP/IMF: fix crash with some CPL files
• I782, FFV1: Golomb Rice parsing was wrong
• I210, FFV1: remove sar_den test must be 0 if sar_num is 0
• AAC: SBR parsing issue with 3+ channel streams, with sometimes false-positive PS detection
• BMP: was wrongly considering 4-bit without palette as with palette so wrong bit depth
• DPX: some elements in trace were wrongly displayed (wrong endianess)
• B1082, Ancillary data: fix infinite loop

MediaInfoXP v2.29 (MediaInfo v17.12)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v17.12 (2017-12-21)
• Build environment upgraded to Visual Studio 2017 (15.5)

MediaInfo Changes

Version 17.12, 2017-12-21

• MediaInfoOnline: https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline
• JavaScript build and example
• Dolby Vision: detection of Dolby Vision and display of profile for MPEG-TS and MP4 files
• MPEG-4: Support of external time code tracks (.qtc)
• JPEG 2000: Support of IMF profiles
• F523, BDMV: Support of UHD Blu-ray playlist
• Endianness and Sign report for PCM Matroska tracks
• MPEG-4: Resolume DXV display
• MPEG-4: support of file names >64 chars long or non ASCII for referenced files
• Slight binary size optimizations
• colour_description: some changes in order to have more readable names (DCI P3, Display P3, sRGB)
• MP4: crash with some HEVC streams with Dolby Vision
• VC-3: frame rate should not be detected as wrong when there are several frames per block
• Matroska: wrong color range info
• Matroska: fix crash with some corrupted files
• MXF: better support of height when there is an incoherence between header and footer
• transfer_characteristics: fix BT.2020 difference between values 14 and 15
• Trace: fix freeze with some files
• Trace: invalid character encoding with some MOV files
• Some memory leak fixes

MediaInfoXP v2.28 (MediaInfo v17.10)

What's new?

• MediaInfo updated to v17.10 (2017-11-02)
• Added an option to enable XML formatted MediaInfo output

MediaInfo Changes

Version 17.10, 2017-11-02

• We need your support! Visit https://mediaarea.net/SupportUs
• Version scheme is now YY.MM (year dot month, 2 digits each)
• New MediaInfo XML output, with XSD, more suitable for automatic parsing.
• New "--Info_OutputFormats" option for listing supported output formats
• Universal Ad ID: refactored display, better display of value and registry, XML name slightly modified
• MOV: support of HDR metadata (MasteringDisplayColorVolume, MaxCLL, MaxFALL)
• BWF: display of UMID and loudness info
• AAC: show program_config_element in trace
• MPEG Audio: frame rate info
• PCM in WAV and Matroska: Support of ValidBitsPerSample
• I197, EBUCore: 1.8 output uses now final version of XSD and final XSD location
• Matroska: tweaking frame rate empirical detection for some corner cases
• I1070, LAME 3.100 info tag was incorrectly parsed
• B1068, MPEG Audio: Incoherent duration between General and Audio parts, Audio part duration
• Matroska: showing "A_MS/ACM" Matroska CodecID
• MXF: Fix crash with some buggy files
• MXF: was not well supporting MXF referencing only 1 file
• PCM in WAV: 8-bit content is unsigned and without endianess
• PCM in WAV and Matroska: More coherency between Wave info and ExtensibleWave Info
• WAV: GUID display was with first 8 bytes in wrong order
• Several crash fixes