Gettin info about Flash file's data rate (and more) on Mac

In Quicktime one can get all sorts of info like frame rate,
data rate, codecs and more, but flah players don't do this. Right?
I see there is special software for this for a PC, but what about
Mac? Is there any way to get this info for files I didn't make
myself.

I am referring to video files that I am making out of .mov
files. I am trying to find best cmpression options, but to do that
it would be nice to study others' files.

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