Mediainfo for PC

Is that advertising supported on the website, or inside the actual program?

Does the download link include a "also install this..." pre-checked, or are you able to just download the program?

OK... http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Bundled has the details, which say YOU choose what to install

I have seen a lot of reports from that program, and do not remember a single person (other than you) mentioning advertising... so I guess the other users just chose to NOT install any of the bundled software

There are even complaints over in http://forums.adobe.com/community/general/forum_comments from time to time about Adobe's pre-checked install bundling with some products... with the usual reply being that you always need to actually read all install screens to be sure you don't accept something you don't want by not reading

Based on what it says on the download site you linked, I would go ahead and install... after very carefully reading the install screen

This is the thread that caused my concern.

 

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/345092-What-Version-Of-MediaInfo-To -Use

That message has some saying you may opt out, others saying "stuff" was installed anyway

If you are in doubt, don't download the program

I have not detected what you are encountering, but then have an older version of MediaInfo, with no ads, or similar. Much, however, could well have changed, and thank you for bringing that to my attention.

Good luck, and please let us know how things progress.

Hunt

I installed it just a couple of weeks ago. No ads. Nothing odd at all. Just a screen I drop videos on.

However, since you are a good guy I just went to reinstall it to make sure, and I had to uncheck the boxes that allowed it to install junk.

A lot of programs do that now. You just have to be firm and uncheck every box that might load a program you didn't ask for.

Other than that, the software behaves quite nicely.

I see now that there is a note on the site that says:

(the installer is bundled with a software distribution network. Learn more.)

That's why the garbage during the install. But it is easy enough if you pay attention. Actually, contributing $10 for software that we all use, and that we ask many newbies to use, seems quite fair.

Well, AVG is what they are trying to install, so if you don't install it, I figure it is OK.

I did look in my programs list to make sure. It isn't there.

I've seen MediaInfo get things wrong.  That's why I stick with Gspot.  It's spot on.

http://gspot.headbands.com/

Gspot does not read mts files.

That is why most people switched to Mediainfo.

Gspot does not read mts files.

Ah yes.  For that I use VLC, also more accurate than MediaInfo.