Reading stream information

This section describes how to use MediaInfo to read audio and video stream information from a file.

The code snippets in this section are from the info_stream_file AVBlocks sample.

Create a MediaInfo object

Use the standard new operator to create AVBlocks objects.

using (MediaInfo info = new MediaInfo())
{
    // Code that uses MediaInfo goes here
}

Load info from file

Set File of the default input, then call Open.

static bool PrintAVInfo(string inputFile)
{
    using (MediaInfo info = new MediaInfo())
    {
        info.Inputs[0].File = inputFile;

        if (!info.Open())
        {
            PrintError("MediaInfo Open", info.Error);
            return false;
        }

        PrintStreams(info);
    }
    
    return true;
}

Enumerate audio and video streams

1. Use MediaInfo.Outputs to get list of output sockets

2. For each socket, go through the MediaSocket.Pins collection

3. For each pin, use MediaPin.StreamInfo to get the pin’s stream info

4. For each stream, use StreamInfo.MediaType to get the stream media type, e.g. audio or video

5. Depending on the media type, cast the generic StreamInfo object to AudioStreamInfo or VideoStreamInfo

static void PrintStreams(MediaInfo mediaInfo)
{
    foreach (var socket in mediaInfo.Outputs)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("container: {0}", socket.StreamType);
        Console.WriteLine("streams: {0}", socket.Pins.Count);

        for(int streamIndex = 0; streamIndex < socket.Pins.Count; streamIndex++)
        {
            StreamInfo si = socket.Pins[streamIndex].StreamInfo;
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("stream #{0} {1}", streamIndex, si.MediaType);
            Console.WriteLine("type: {0}", si.StreamType);
            Console.WriteLine("subtype: {0}", si.StreamSubType);
            Console.WriteLine("id: {0}", si.ID);
            Console.WriteLine("duration: {0:f3}", si.Duration);

            if (MediaType.Video == si.MediaType)
            {
                VideoStreamInfo vsi = si as VideoStreamInfo;
                PrintVideo(vsi);
            }
            else if (MediaType.Audio == si.MediaType)
            {
                AudioStreamInfo asi = si as AudioStreamInfo;
                PrintAudio(asi);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }

        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

Print video stream information

Use the properties of the VideoStreamInfo class to get the properties of a video stream.

static void PrintVideo(VideoStreamInfo vsi)
{
    Console.WriteLine("bitrate: {0} mode: {1}", vsi.Bitrate, vsi.BitrateMode);

    Console.WriteLine("color format: {0}", vsi.ColorFormat);

    Console.WriteLine("display ratio: {0}:{1}", vsi.DisplayRatioWidth, vsi.DisplayRatioHeight);

    Console.WriteLine("frame bottom up: {0}", vsi.FrameBottomUp);
    Console.WriteLine("frame size: {0}x{1}", vsi.FrameWidth, vsi.FrameHeight);
    Console.WriteLine("frame rate: {0:f3}", vsi.FrameRate);

    Console.WriteLine("scan type: {0}", vsi.ScanType);
}
        

Print audio stream information

Use the properties of the AudioStreamInfo class to get the properties of an audio stream.

static void PrintAudio(AudioStreamInfo asi)
{
    Console.WriteLine("bitrate: {0} mode: {1}", asi.Bitrate, asi.BitrateMode);

    Console.WriteLine("bits per sample: {0}", asi.BitsPerSample);
    Console.WriteLine("bytes per frame: {0}", asi.BytesPerFrame);

    Console.WriteLine("channel layout: {0:X}", asi.ChannelLayout);
    Console.WriteLine("channels: {0}", asi.Channels);

    Console.WriteLine("flags: {0:X}", asi.PcmFlags);

    Console.WriteLine("sample rate: {0}", asi.SampleRate);
}