How good is MediaInfo documented?
Documentation for MediaInfo in 2025 is widely considered
adequate for general use but lacking in depth for advanced developers.
For General Users (GUI & CLI)
Availability: Good. Official guides, FAQs, and a clear list of supported metadata fields (Container, Video, Audio, Text, Chapters) are readily available.
Ease of Use: The tool provides human-readable reports (Text, HTML) and structured data (XML, JSON) that are well-understood by the community.
Third-Party Resources: There is extensive community documentation, including video tutorials and Mastery Guides (e.g., CLI Mastery, Output Formats Guide) published as recently as mid-2025.
For Developers (SDK & API)
Core Issues: The official API and SDK documentation is often cited by the developers themselves as "seriously lacking". Specifically, there is a lack of detailed descriptions for the thousands of internal metadata fields and their differences.
Status of Improvement: A long-standing feature request for better usage documentation exists, but as of late 2025, official progress on this front remains limited (estimated at 2% completion for certain documentation goals).
Bindings: Modern language bindings like mediainfo.js have their own dedicated API documentation, which is often clearer than the core library documentation.
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