diff --git a/bin/mtag/README.md b/bin/mtag/README.md
index 1dcd2cda..fb418120 100644
--- a/bin/mtag/README.md
+++ b/bin/mtag/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ some of these rely on libraries which are not MIT-compatible
 
 * [audio-bpm.py](./audio-bpm.py) detects the BPM of music using the BeatRoot Vamp Plugin; imports GPL2
 * [audio-key.py](./audio-key.py) detects the melodic key of music using the Mixxx fork of keyfinder; imports GPL3
+* [media-hash.py](./media-hash.py) generates checksums for audio and video streams; uses FFmpeg (LGPL or GPL)
 
 
 # dependencies
@@ -18,7 +19,10 @@ run [`install-deps.sh`](install-deps.sh) to build/install most dependencies requ
 
 # usage from copyparty
 
-`copyparty -e2dsa -e2ts -mtp key=f,audio-key.py -mtp .bpm=f,audio-bpm.py`
+`copyparty -e2dsa -e2ts` followed by any combination of these:
+* `-mtp key=f,audio-key.py`
+* `-mtp .bpm=f,audio-bpm.py`
+* `-mtp ahash,vhash=f,media-hash.py`
 
 * `f,` makes the detected value replace any existing values
 * the `.` in `.bpm` indicates numeric value
@@ -29,6 +33,9 @@ run [`install-deps.sh`](install-deps.sh) to build/install most dependencies requ
 ## usage with volume-flags
 
 instead of affecting all volumes, you can set the options for just one volume like so:
-```
-copyparty -v /mnt/nas/music:/music:r:cmtp=key=f,audio-key.py:cmtp=.bpm=f,audio-bpm.py:ce2dsa:ce2ts
-```
+
+`copyparty -v /mnt/nas/music:/music:r:c,e2dsa:c,e2ts` immediately followed by any combination of these:
+
+* `:c,mtp=key=f,audio-key.py`
+* `:c,mtp=.bpm=f,audio-bpm.py`
+* `:c,mtp=ahash,vhash=f,media-hash.py`
diff --git a/bin/mtag/media-hash.py b/bin/mtag/media-hash.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3820027c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/mtag/media-hash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import re
+import sys
+import json
+import time
+import base64
+import hashlib
+import subprocess as sp
+
+try:
+    from copyparty.util import fsenc
+except:
+
+    def fsenc(p):
+        return p
+
+
+"""
+dep: ffmpeg
+"""
+
+
+def det():
+    # fmt: off
+    cmd = [
+        "ffmpeg",
+        "-nostdin",
+        "-hide_banner",
+        "-v", "fatal",
+        "-i", fsenc(sys.argv[1]),
+        "-f", "framemd5",
+        "-"
+    ]
+    # fmt: on
+
+    p = sp.Popen(cmd, stdout=sp.PIPE)
+    # ps = io.TextIOWrapper(p.stdout, encoding="utf-8")
+    ps = p.stdout
+
+    chans = {}
+    for ln in ps:
+        if ln.startswith(b"#stream#"):
+            break
+
+        m = re.match(r"^#media_type ([0-9]): ([a-zA-Z])", ln.decode("utf-8"))
+        if m:
+            chans[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
+
+    hashers = [hashlib.sha512(), hashlib.sha512()]
+    for ln in ps:
+        n = int(ln[:1])
+        v = ln.rsplit(b",", 1)[-1].strip()
+        hashers[n].update(v)
+
+    r = {}
+    for k, v in chans.items():
+        dg = hashers[int(k)].digest()[:12]
+        dg = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(dg).decode("ascii")
+        r[v[0].lower() + "hash"] = dg
+
+    print(json.dumps(r, indent=4))
+
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        det()
+    except:
+        pass  # mute
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index 6337f6f4..6c48e099 100644
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def run_argparse(argv, formatter):
     ap2.add_argument("--no-mtag-ff", action="store_true", help="never use FFprobe as tag reader")
     ap2.add_argument("-mtm", metavar="M=t,t,t", type=u, action="append", help="add/replace metadata mapping")
     ap2.add_argument("-mte", metavar="M,M,M", type=u, help="tags to index/display (comma-sep.)",
-        default="circle,album,.tn,artist,title,.bpm,key,.dur,.q,.vq,.aq,vc,ac,res,.fps")
+        default="circle,album,.tn,artist,title,.bpm,key,.dur,.q,.vq,.aq,vc,ac,res,.fps,ahash,vhash")
     ap2.add_argument("-mth", metavar="M,M,M", type=u, help="tags to hide by default (comma-sep.)",
         default=".vq,.aq,vc,ac,res,.fps")
     ap2.add_argument("-mtp", metavar="M=[f,]bin", type=u, action="append", help="read tag M using bin")
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index 80c9a327..521f953c 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -3319,6 +3319,8 @@ var filecols = (function () {
 			"q": "quality / bitrate",
 			"Ac": "audio codec",
 			"Vc": "video codec",
+			"Ahash": "audio checksum",
+			"Vhash": "video checksum",
 			"Res": "resolution",
 			"T": "filetype",
 			"aq": "audio quality / bitrate",