# Install mediaconch with Homebrew, apt, dnf Conformance checker and technical metadata reporter. Version 25.04 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mediaconch. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mediaconch ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mediaconch ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mediaconch ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mediaconch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mediaconch ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mediaconch from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mediaconch - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 25.04 - **Source summary:** Conformance checker and technical metadata reporter - **Homepage:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - mediaconch (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 25.04 ## Project history and usage MediaConch is MediaArea's open-source conformance checker, policy checker, reporter, and fixer for preservation-level audiovisual files. It focuses on formats used in archives and memory institutions, especially Matroska, LPCM, and FFV1. ### Project history MediaConch was created by MediaArea, the team behind MediaInfo, and the official project page says it received funding from PREFORMA, co-funded by the European Commission FP7-ICT Programme. The GitHub repository description also identifies MediaConch as funded by PREFORMA. The project was designed around a preservation workflow rather than a general media-player workflow: check implementation conformance, apply institution-specific policies, generate reports, and expose the same policy structure through CLI, GUI, and Web UI surfaces. ### Adoption history MediaConch's adoption is narrower than MediaInfo's but important in digital preservation circles. The official documentation frames it for memory institutions that need batch-level validation, policy exchange, and sidecar reports for audiovisual collections. Package availability in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora reflects that specialist role: it is not a casual desktop codec tool, but a CLI-capable validator that archivists and preservation engineers can put into repeatable ingest and quality-control pipelines. ### How it is used Users create or import policy sets, run implementation and policy checks, and export reports in HTML, text, CSV, XML, sidecar metadata, or preservation-oriented formats. Its XML documentation connects MediaConch reports with MediaInfo XML, MediaTrace XML, and broader MediaArea XML reporting. ### Why package nerds care MediaConch matters to package maintainers because it packages institutional audiovisual validation into a reproducible command-line tool. Its dependency on MediaArea's codec and metadata knowledge makes it a practical companion to MediaInfo for archives that need policy-driven checks rather than simple file identification. ### Timeline - 2014: Official MediaConch GitHub tags begin with 2014.12.29 and 2014.12.31. - 2015: Early public tag 2015.03.14 appears in the official repository. - 2025: MediaArea project page lists MediaConch 25.04 as the current release. ### Related projects - MediaConch is part of the MediaArea family and relates directly to MediaInfo, MediaTrace, Matroska, FFV1, LPCM, and PREFORMA preservation tooling. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mediaconch - 25.04-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mediaconch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files | https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/ - Debian apt - mediaconch-gui - 25.04-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mediaconch-gui from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files | https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/ - Ubuntu apt - mediaconch - 23.10-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mediaconch from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files | https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/ - Ubuntu apt - mediaconch-gui - 23.10-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mediaconch-gui from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files | https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/ - dnf - mediaconch - 25.04-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mediaconch from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files (CLI) | https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/ - dnf - mediaconch-gui - 25.04-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mediaconch-gui from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file (GUI) | https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/ - dnf - mediaconch-server - 25.04-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mediaconch-server from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file (Server) | https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mediaconch.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mediaconch.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph