It is possible to use MediaInfo in PowerShell, by specifying the parameter --Output=XML and loading this into a XML Object, like this:
I use this code in a Module called MediaInfo. To use it you will need to download and copy MediaInfo.exe to the module folder as well. If you rather have it in a function replace $PsScriptRoot with the path to mediaInfo.exe and it should work.
$RedLine = $Null; $WindowWidth =(Get-Host).UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Width; $i = 1; do {$RedLine += "-"; $i++}while ($i -le $WindowWidth)
write-host "Loading MediaInfo" -fore Yellow
write-host "Get-MediaInfo -MovieFile `$File [-verbose]" -fore cyan
Write-host $RedLine -fore yellow -NoNewline; Write-host ""
#=====================================================================
# Get-MediaInfo
#=====================================================================
Function Get-MediaInfo
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Returns an array of objects, consisting of the Audio and Video tracks from a media container file.
Usage: Get-MediaInfo -MovieFile `$MovieFile [-Verbose]
Dependencies: MediaInfo.exe and MediaInfo.dll
(files should be located in the Module Folder)
Media Info supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file.
.EXAMPLE
$MovieObject = Get-MediaInfo "Path\Movie.mkv"
$MovieObject[0]
Complete_name : Path\Movie.mkv
Duration : 1h 50mn
File_size : 700 MiB
Format : AVI
Format_Info : Audio Video Interleave
Overall_bit_rate : 886 Kbps
type : General
Writing_application : Nandub v1.0rc2
Writing_library : Nandub build 1852/release
The other tracks are audio and video and can be queried like this:
(Get-MediaInfo "Path\Movie.mkv") | where {$_.type -eq "Audio"}
(Get-MediaInfo "Path\Movie.mkv") | where {$_.type -eq "Video"}
Keep in mind that multiple audio and/or video tracks can be returned (but only one General)
.NOTES
Supported formats:
Video : MKV, OGM, MP4, AVI, MPG, VOB, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4,
DVD, WMV, ASF, DivX, XviD, MOV (Quicktime), SWF(Flash), FLV, FLI, RM/RMVB.
Audio : OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF, WMA.
.LINK
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
#>
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)]$MovieFile
)
if(!($MovieFile)){get-help Get-MediaInfo; Break}
$ExtensionsArray = ".aac", ".ac3", ".aifc", ".aiff", ".ape", ".asf", ".au", ".avi", ".avr", ".dat", ".divx", ".dts", ".dvd", ".flac", ".fli", ".flv", ".iff", ".ifo", ".irca", ".m1v", ".m2v", ".m4a", ".mac", ".mat", ".mka", ".mks", ".mkv", ".mov", ".mp2", ".mp3", ".mp4", ".mpeg", ".mpeg1", ".mpeg2", ".mpeg4", ".mpg", ".mpgv", ".mpv", ".ogg", ".ogm", ".paf", ".pvf", ".qt", ".ra", ".rm", ".rmvb", ".sd2", ".sds", ".sw", ".vob", ".w64", ".wav", ".wma", ".wmv", ".xi", ".xvid"
if(test-path $MovieFile)
{
$Executable = (join-path $PsScriptRoot MediaInfo.exe).tostring()
$MovieFileObject = (get-item $MovieFile | where {$ExtensionsArray -eq $_.Extension.ToString().tolower()})
$xmldata = new-object "System.Xml.XmlDocument"
$xmldata.LoadXml((Invoke-Expression "$Executable --Output=XML `"$MovieFile`""))
$i = 0
$Collection = @()
foreach($Track in $xmldata.Mediainfo.File.Track)
{
$myobj = new-object object
foreach($Attribute in ($Track | get-member -MemberType properties))
{
write-Verbose "$($Attribute.Name) - $($Track.($Attribute.Name))"
$myobj | add-member -membertype NoteProperty -Name ($Attribute.Name) -value ($Track.($Attribute.Name))
}
$Collection += $myobj
}
return $Collection
}else{
Write-host "$MovieFile Not Found" -fore Red
}
}
