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## Installation

Please note that, without [the MediaInfo library](https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo), pymediainfo
**cannot parse media files**, which severely limits its functionality.
**cannot parse media files**. This severely limits its functionality, allowing it to process
only pre-generated XML output from MediaInfo.

### Linux distribution Packages

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* macOS x86-64 and ARM64.
* Windows x86-64 and x86.

If you _do not want to use the wheels_ (for instance if you want to use the system-wide
If you do not want to use the wheels (for instance if you want to use the system-wide
MediaInfo library instead of the bundled one):
```
python -m pip install pymediainfo --no-binary pymediainfo
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### Parsing existing MediaInfo XML output
pymediainfo relies on MediaInfo's `OLDXML` output to parse media files.
### Parsing pre-generated MediaInfo XML output
pymediainfo relies on MediaInfo's `OLDXML` output to create `MediaInfo` objects.

It is possible to create a `MediaInfo` object from an existing XML string. For
instance if someone sent you the output of `mediainfo --output=OLDXML`, you can
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