Hi I'm just a lowly n00b and I need some help accessing the properties of file. Specifically I'm going to be working with video files to make a cataloguing program and I want to be able to pull out stuff like vid/audio codec, bit rates, duration and dimensions - basically all the stuff you get in the advanced summary screen on ur windows file properties dialog

I've tried looking around for this sort of stuff but I'm probably looking in the wrong places and using the wrong terms to search for it! Please help!