You're able to export the video information by clicking on File > Export so as to send to someone or post on the forum while seeking help from others. Furthermore, you'll learn other information, such as duration, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, display aspect ratio, etc. As you can see, the video codec of my sample file is VP9. For more details, click on "View" button on top menu bar, it offers multiple display options, I prefer "Tree" as shown in the snapshot. This program will automatically analyze and display the basic information of the video file, and you'll easily check video codec at first glance. Run MediaInfo, simply drag and drop your video file into MediaInfo window.
There are many similar programs and software such as VideoInfo Express, VideoInspector, GSpot, Codec Installer, etc., but MediaInfo is my first choice from all aspects. With the help of it, you can identify video codec with ease. MediaInfo is a free, simple and practical program that helps you analyze and display detailed technical and tag information for audio and video files. To avoid the " unsupported video codec" issue, the question is, how can I tell what codec a video uses? The following content will give you a satisfactory answer. That's the crucial reason why your video won't play on some devices even though it's indeed a supported format. So if you don't like lemon flavor, although the glass is quite beautiful, it's absolutely not your taste. In a nutshell, just imagine a glass of lemonade, the glass represents the container format, while the lemon juice and water stand for video/audio codecs. While a video container format encapsulates video and audio tracks/streams compressed by different codecs, such as MP4, MKV, MOV, WMV, AVI, WebM, etc.įor non-tech-savvy guys, just ignore above crap. Here are some popular video codecs: H.264, HEVC, XVID, DIVX, MPEG1/2/4, VP8/9, etc. Each codec comprises of an encoder and decoder to compress and decompress the video in lossy or lossless mode. Video codecs refer to the video compression standards implemented through some software, devices or hardware applications.