Switch mediainfo to use the built in MediaPortal implementation

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Once MediaPortal 1.1 Stable is released, we plan to switch to the MediaPortal 
implementation of media-info.  This is to improve the consistency with 
MediaPortal and other plugins.

This may require some changes to skins.

At this time, we do not plan to make any non-critical changes to MediaInfo 
until this change is completed.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by travistx on 1 Mar 2010 at 10:46

• Blocking: #657, #776, #786

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If a change is made to the MediaInfo code, then keep the following in mind 
(copied from reply from MediaInfo developer):

You must add this line (in C/C++, adapt to your programming language):
in C: MediaInfo_Option(NULL, _T("ParseSpeed"), _T("0.3"));
in C++: MediaInfo::Option_Static(_T("ParseSpeed"), _T("0.3"));
You will lose some data like B-frame detection for some DivX/XviD files
and VBR detection for some files with MPEG Audio, and 2:3 pulldown
detection.

If this is not enough, replace 0.3 with 0.2
But you will lose more: wrong detection of B-frames for all DivX/XviD,
wrong detection of VBR for all files with MPEG Audio, no subtitle detection
for MPEG-TS/PS, no GOP size.
Use this only it if 0.3 value is really not enough (or if you do not care
of missing features), but test the results before spreading a 0.2 version
of the tool, in order to see if MediaInfo reaction is good enough for your
needs.

- 0.5 version (default) reads the index and tests the 300 first frames
(for AVI + Divx/XviD files only! check theses ones)
- 0.3 version reads the index and tests the 40 first frames
- 0.2 version reads the index and tests the 2 first frames (it may become
1 frame in the future)
- I plan to add a 0.1 version which does not read the index and 2 frames,
but more work, I will work on it only if there is a big need of it
- I plan to add a 0.0 version which does not read the index and no frames,
but more work, I will work on it only if there is a big need of it

Original comment by RoChess....@gmail.com on 3 Jul 2010 at 10:14

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Original comment by conrad.john on 31 Jan 2011 at 1:16

• Added labels: Priority-High
• Removed labels: Milestone-1.1.0

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I don't know if this is the right place, but there are already some enhancement 
topics about getting more file informations from mediainfo.dll (like subtitle 
language or audio language).
I'd like to know if its also possible to get Audio/Video Bitrate, Filesize etc. 
because I think this all can be extracted from the mediainfo.dll.

Would be nice if there's a chance to see this somewhere in the future!
Thank you for your great work!

Original comment by Hol...@gmx.de on 7 May 2011 at 4:04

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Original comment by conrad.john on 5 Dec 2012 at 4:35

• Now blocking: #657, #776, #786

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Original comment by damien.haynes@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2013 at 1:20