# REQUEST: Video Codec field

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-video-codec-field/52359
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-video-codec-field/52359 "2021-03-13T20:15:02Z")
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### Author: ![Lem](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lem](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lem)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-video-codec-field/52359/1 "2021-03-13T20:15:02Z")

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There are separate fields for `bitrate` (audio) and `video_bitrate` (video) but yet there is no equivalent separation when it comes to codecs. Only audio codecs has a field.

It would therefore be very useful to have a separate `video_codec` field to display the video compression info.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-video-codec-field/52359/2 "2022-04-04T08:03:28Z")

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This is available via these placeholders:

| Placeholder | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `%_video_bitrate%` | Video bitrate for MP4/M4V/MKV video files |
| `%_video_codec%` | Video codec for MP4/M4V/MKV video files |
| `%_video_height%` | Video height for MP4/M4V/MKV video files |
| `%_video_width%` | Video width for MP4/M4V/MKV video files |

> **[Format Strings and Placeholders – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/#technical-information)**
>
> Documentation on format strings and placeholders to describe the structure of file names and imported data. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

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### Author: ![Lem](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lem](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lem)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-video-codec-field/52359/3 "2022-04-05T06:42:28Z")

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This is wonderful news. Thank you Florian.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-video-codec-field/52359/4 "2022-05-05T06:42:45Z")

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