How to find out what codec is used in a video

Question

How to find what codec was used in a video (Audio/Video) and extra information like in nautilus. The below screenshot is from nautilus.

Is there any GUI way to find codec information, without shifting from file manager?

Is it possible to get the details in pantheon-files ?

I have already tried mediainfo-gui

Answer 1

This is not a complete GUI information, but the next solution to it, I think. On Github there are contracts among other for video and audio information: Create a file in /usr/share/contractor

• Open Scratch as root gksudo scratch-text-editor (in order to create the file in /usr/share/contractor).
• Create a new file and copy and paste following lines.
• Save as mediainfo.contract
• Log out.

For video:

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Media info
Icon=video
Description=media info
MimeType=video
Exec=gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=new1 -e "mediainfo -i %f"
Gettext-Domain=pantheon-files

For audio:

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Media info
Icon=video
Description=media info
MimeType=audio
Exec=gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=new1 -e "mediainfo -i %f"
Gettext-Domain=pantheon-files

EDIT: Seems that Scratch does not create the right file type, so use gedit instead.