Em distribuições baseadas no Debian (eg, Ubuntu), há mediainfo .
Exemplo de saída:
dennis-home:~$ mediainfo video.mp4
General
Complete name : video.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 34.4 MiB
Duration : 5mn 38s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 851 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-17 21:23:09
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-17 21:23:09
Writing application : Lavf53.21.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 5mn 38s
Bit rate : 831 Kbps
Width : 600 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 5:4
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.096
Stream size : 33.5 MiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 123 r2189 35cf912
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=0 / open_gop=1 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=23.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.25 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-17 21:23:09
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-17 21:23:09
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 5mn 38s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 16.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Channel positions : Front: C
Sampling rate : 11.025 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 33ms
Stream size : 662 KiB (2%)
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-17 21:23:09
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-17 21:23:09