Media Inspector
Media Inspector is a free multimedia file analyzer that scans audio, video, and image files to extract and display detailed technical metadata. It reports codec information, container formats, frame rates, resolutions, audio bitrates, sample rates, channel counts, and audio language tags. The app is used by media professionals, archivists, content creators, and anyone needing to inspect the technical properties of multimedia files without opening them in a full editor. It is based on the MediaInfo library and provides output that can be saved, printed, or previewed.
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1 suggestionMedia Inspector appears to have not received updates in at least a decade — the latest version found in search results is 2.6, with no release date information provided, and no mention of native Apple Silicon support anywhere. The developer's original website is no longer actively maintained. Since the app is Intel-only and will not run when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), you should plan to migrate to an alternative now. MediaInfo (the free, open-source command-line tool that powers Media Inspector) is still actively maintained and runs natively on Apple Silicon; you can install it via Homebrew with `brew install mediainfo` and use it from the terminal, or download the macOS package directly from the MediaInfo website. For a graphical alternative with continued active development, consider Paw (REST client with header inspection), Handbrake (for video transcoding and analysis), or FFmpeg-based tools. If you need a point-and-click multimedia inspector specifically, file utility apps like the native Finder Quick Look preview system can show some metadata, though not as comprehensively as Media Inspector once did.
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