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Video metadata viewer

Drop a video to see what it carries besides the picture: where it was recorded, on which phone or camera, when, and with what software, plus its resolution, frame rate and codec. The file never leaves your device.

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  • Your file stays on your device
  • Location, date, device and specs

Drop a video file

MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV are read from the file, phone clips and camera originals included. Your file stays on your device.

What a video file says besides the picture

Every MP4 or MOV file starts with a header that describes the video, and most also carry tags: short text fields the camera, phone or app writes. Phones use them for the place and time of the recording and the model that recorded it. iPhones store them as Apple's QuickTime metadata keys, such as com.apple.quicktime.location.ISO6709 for the coordinates; many other cameras and apps use the older QuickTime text tags; WebM and MKV files keep a date and the names of the apps that wrote them.

Location
GPS coordinatesWritten as ISO 6709, like +48.8584+002.2945+035.000/ (latitude, longitude, altitude in metres)
Date recorded
The phone's local timeWith its UTC offset, so it reads the same anywhere
Device
Make and modelApple iPhone 15, Google Pixel 9, a camera body
Software
OS or app versionThe iOS version, the editor, or Lavf when FFmpeg wrote the file
Created
When the file was writtenIn the file header, in UTC; an export resets it
Text tags
Title, author, commentWhatever someone typed into the file's info

Sources: Apple Developer: QuickTime metadata keys; the iPhone and Pixel settings below from Apple Support: Share photos and videos on iPhone, Apple Support: Manage location metadata in Photos, Pixel Camera Help: Change your Camera app settings and Google Photos Help: Understand, find and edit your photos’ locations, read on November 10, 2026.

How to keep your location out of a video

iPhone, one video: in Photos, tap Share, then Options, and turn off Location. “Location Not Included” shows above Options, and the copy you send has no coordinates. iPhone, every video: Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera > Never. Pixel: in the Camera app, tap Settings, then More settings, and turn off Save location. That applies to new videos only, and Google Photos can't remove a location the camera added. On a computer: ffmpeg -i in.mov -map_metadata -1 -c copy out.mov copies the video and sound untouched but leaves the location, device and date tags behind (FFmpeg adds only its own name). Whatever you use, drop the result here before you send it.

Before you share an original file

The tags travel with the file: an email attachment, a cloud drive link or a downloaded original carries them to whoever opens it. A file from a client or a stock site can tell you where and when it was really shot, and on what. And if a video won't open or plays wrong, the technical half of the viewer shows why: a rotation flag, a variable frame rate from a phone, or a codec your editor doesn't read. For the export settings YouTube recommends, the video bitrate checker checks each one.

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Teachers, bloggers and course creators can put this video metadata viewer on their own page for free. Paste the code below into your page's HTML. It loads from markstudios.com, so it stays current when we update the numbers.

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How do I see a video’s metadata?

Drop the file in the viewer above: it lists the location, date, device and software tags, then the resolution, frame rate, codecs and bitrate. Your computer shows part of it too: on Windows, right-click the file and open Properties, then Details; on a Mac, select it in Finder and choose Get Info.

Does a video file contain my location?

Often, yes. Phones save the GPS position in the video when the camera app has location access, and Apple notes that sharing a photo or video shares its metadata, such as the date and time, location and device. The viewer shows the exact coordinates if the file has them.

How do I remove the location from a video?

On an iPhone, tap Share, then Options, and turn off Location before you send it; to stop recording it at all, set Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera to Never. On a Pixel, turn off Save location in the Camera app’s settings, which applies to new videos. On a computer, ffmpeg -i in.mov -map_metadata -1 -c copy out.mov writes a copy without the location, device and date tags, without re-encoding (FFmpeg adds only its own name). Drop the new file here to check it.

Why is the “Created” date not when I filmed it?

The header date is when the file was written. A camera writes it while recording; an editor, converter or messaging app that saves a new file sets it to that moment, in UTC. A phone’s own “Date recorded” tag keeps the local time and time zone of the recording.

Which files can it read?

MP4, MOV, M4V and 3GP (including fragmented MP4 from screen recorders), WebM and MKV are read directly from the file, so their tags show. Other formats your browser can play show their length and size, but no tags.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The viewer reads the file in your browser and never sends it, or the location, anywhere. Coordinates are shown as numbers, not sent to a map.

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