How to Install and Uninstall mediainfo Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "mediainfo" package

Please follow the steps below to install mediainfo on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mediainfo" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mediainfo on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mediainfo package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mediainfo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 21.03-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chow Loong Jin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 131
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libmediainfo0v5 (>= 0.7.56), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libzen0v5 (>= 0.4.31-2~)
Suggests: mediainfo-gui
Filename: pool/universe/m/mediainfo/mediainfo_21.03-1_amd64.deb
Size: 26724
MD5sum: 7a11afcda4abfdda8b5ce37d00b8c3b8
SHA1: f459650ac1ec8f5b898674220fb22b3e5e3ae08e
SHA256: 63cd2e7b1e1fdd01fc1d630de15a134d03d6a0465e853e4ef6740b1ed75eb5b1
SHA512: 07ff118626a08a79591178d164c36cf52b018fbcb9fb0f4ff538af396bb47574cac480b6ec4bf533c42f7968da4f5f8b9b7346e0343e51e677fb093a1e08ac78
Homepage: https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo
Description-en: command-line utility for reading information from audio/video files
MediaInfo is a utility used for retrieving technical information and other
metadata about audio or video files.
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A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media
files include:
- General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
- Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...
- Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...
- Text: language of subtitle
- Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters
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MediaInfo supports the following formats:
- Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
- Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)
- Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...
- Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...
MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file
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This package includes the command line interface.
Description-md5: 666681f070ab1bb8ebbedb37426737f4