Playhead: Media Inspector
Media checks before delivery
$0.99
Catch playback, track, HDR, privacy, and file-integrity problems before delivery. Playhead explains what changed, why it matters, and what to fix.
Know whether a media file is ready before it reaches a player, client, or upload.
Playhead is an offline media-checking workspace for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It does not stop at listing technical fields. It finds actionable playback and delivery problems, shows the evidence, and explains what to fix.
RUN A MEDIA CHECK
Open a video, audio file, or photo to get a clear ready, needs-attention, or playback-risk result. Playhead checks file integrity, device playback, track coverage, HDR signaling, delivery concerns, and private photo metadata. Each finding includes a practical next step.
TRY IT WITHOUT YOUR OWN FILES
Run the built-in Sample Audit to inspect two safe fixtures: one ready for delivery and one with deliberate problems. It is a quick way to understand what Playhead checks and what its recommendations look like.
COMPARE DELIVERABLES BY MEANING
Compare two versions and see the changes that matter first. Playhead explains when an audio or subtitle track was added or removed, HDR changed, compatibility improved, quality warnings changed, or size and bitrate moved significantly. The complete field-by-field difference remains available below.
SEE TIMELINE EVIDENCE
Video, audio, subtitle, and chapter tracks share one clock. Scrub the real timeline, inspect the exact frame under the playhead, find track gaps, and spot alternate audio or subtitle tracks that end too early.
UNDERSTAND HDR AND PLAYBACK
Playhead translates HDR10, Dolby Vision, and mastering metadata into readable terms. It evaluates the file's exact codec configuration with the capabilities available on the current device. On Mac, it can also report display and frame-pacing considerations.
TECHNICAL DEPTH WHEN YOU NEED IT
Search every original field, copy any value, or export JSON, XML, EBUCore, CSV, Markdown, and plain text. Inspect from Finder and Quick Look on Mac, or open shared files in place on iPhone and iPad.
PHOTOS, TOO
Inspect supported photos for camera, lens, shutter, aperture, ISO, copyright, caption, and location metadata. Playhead warns when a photo may reveal where it was taken.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, analytics, telemetry, or network requests. Your files stay on your device.
One purchase covers Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
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The developer, Alejandro Estol, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Alejandro Estol
- Size
- 32.6 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 CorvusDevs
