Video
Audio file with cover
Images
Subtitle
SVG+XML file doesn't have useful information, so it only show the image preview.
There are more file extensions which are supported by mediainfo. Just add file's MIME type to prepend_previewers, prepend_preloaders. Use spotter to determine File's MIME type. Default is <Tab> key

Installation

Install mediainfo CLI:
- https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download
- Run this command in terminal to check if it's installed correctly:
```
mediainfo --version
```
  If it output Not found then add it to your PATH environment variable. It's better to ask ChatGPT to help you (Prompt: Add MediaInfo CLI to PATH environment variable in Windows).
Install ImageMagick (for linux, you can use your distro package manager to install): https://imagemagick.org/script/download.php
Install this plugin:
```
ya pkg add boydaihungst/mediainfo
```

Configuration:

Important

mediainfo use built-in video, image, svg, magick plugins behind the scene to render preview image, song cover. So you can remove those 4 plugins from prepend_preloaders and prepend_previewers sections in yazi.toml.

If you have cache problem, run this cmd, and follow the tips: yazi --clear-cache

Config folder for each OS: https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/configuration/overview.

Create .../yazi/yazi.toml and add:

Important

For yazi (>=v25.12.29) replace name with url

[plugin]
  prepend_preloaders = [
    # Replace magick, image, video with mediainfo
    { mime = "{audio,video,image}/*", run = "mediainfo" },
    { mime = "application/subrip", run = "mediainfo" },
    # Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop is image/adobe.photoshop, already handled above
    { mime = "application/postscript", run = "mediainfo" },
  ]
  prepend_previewers = [
    # Replace magick, image, video with mediainfo
    { mime = "{audio,video,image}/*", run = "mediainfo"},
    { mime = "application/subrip", run = "mediainfo" },
    # Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop is image/adobe.photoshop, already handled above
    { mime = "application/postscript", run = "mediainfo" },
  ]
  # There are more extensions which are supported by mediainfo.
  # Just add file's MIME type to `previewers`, `preloaders` above.
  # https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Support/Formats

# For a large file like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, etc
# you may need to increase the memory limit if no image is rendered.
# https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/configuration/yazi#tasks
[tasks]
  image_alloc      = 1073741824        # = 1024*1024*1024 = 1024MB

Custom theme

Using the same style with spotter. Read more

Edit or add yazi/theme.toml:

[spot]
# Section header style.
# Example: Video, Text, Image,... with green color in preview images above
title = { fg = "green" }

# Value style.
# Example: `Format: FLAC` with blue color in preview images above
tbl_col = { fg = "blue" }

(Optional) Keymaps to hide metadata and to preview images in full screen

Important

Use any key you want, but make sure there is no conflicts with default Keybindings.

Since Yazi prioritizes the first matching key, prepend_keymap takes precedence over defaults. Or you can use keymap to replace all other keys

[mgr]
  prepend_keymap = [
    { on = "<F9>", run = "plugin mediainfo -- toggle-metadata", desc = "Toggle media preview metadata" },
  ]