This script show info about the audio or video codec, see this link:
import win32com.client
strComputer = "."
objWMIService = win32com.client.Dispatch("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
objSWbemServices = objWMIService.ConnectServer(strComputer,"root\cimv2")
colItems = objSWbemServices.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_CodecFile")
for objItem in colItems:
print("Access Mask: " , objItem.AccessMask)
print("Archive: " , objItem.Archive)
print("Caption: " , objItem.Caption)
print("Drive: " , objItem.Drive)
print("Extension: " , objItem.Extension)
print("File Name: " , objItem.FileName)
print("File Size: " , objItem.FileSize)
print("File Type: " , objItem.FileType)
print("File System Name: " , objItem.FSName)
print("Group: " , objItem.Group)
print("Hidden: " , objItem.Hidden)
print("Manufacturer: " , objItem.Manufacturer)
print("Name: " , objItem.Name)
print("Path: " , objItem.Path)
print("Version: " , objItem.Version)
The output is this:File Type: Application Extension
File System Name: NTFS
Group: Video
Hidden: False
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
Name: C:\Windows\system32\MSVIDC32.DLL
Path: \windows\system32\
Version: 6.3.9600.17415
Access Mask: 1179817
Archive: True
Caption: c:\windows\system32\l3codeca.acm
Drive: c:
Extension: acm
File Name: l3codeca
File Size: 82432
File Type: acm File
File System Name: NTFS
Group: Audio
Hidden: False
Manufacturer: Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltungen IIS
Name: C:\Windows\system32\L3CODECA.ACM
Path: \windows\system32\
Version: 1.9.0.401