How To Install mediainfo-qt on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo-qt on CentOS 8. mediainfo-qt is Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file (Qt GUI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo-qt on CentOS 8.

What is mediainfo-qt

MediaInfo (Graphical User Interface). What information can I get from MediaInfo? * General * Video * Audio * Text * Chapters DivX, XviD, H263, H.263, H264, x264, ASP, AVC, iTunes, MPEG-1, MPEG1, MPEG-2, MPEG2, MPEG-4, MPEG4, MP4, M4A, M4V, QuickTime, RealVideo, RealAudio, RA, RM, MSMPEG4v1, MSMPEG4v2, MSMPEG4v3, VOB, DVD, WMA, VMW, ASF, 3GP, 3GPP, 3GP2 What format (container) does MediaInfo support? * Video MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB) (Codecs H.264, AVC…) * Audio * Subtitles

We can use yum or dnf to install mediainfo-qt on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mediainfo-qt.

Install mediainfo-qt on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mediainfo-qt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mediainfo-qt

Install mediainfo-qt on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mediainfo-qt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mediainfo-qt

How To Uninstall mediainfo-qt on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mediainfo-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mediainfo-qt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo-qt on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.