How to read BITMAPINFOHEADER info from different video container (mp4, 3gpp, avi)

I am trying to use Video Compression Manager (vcm). Most of the APIs needed BITMAPINFOHEADER structure which should be filled with correct value. Also APIs ref says that BITMAPINFOHEADER info can be found in video stream header. So my question is how to read video stream header and then fill BITMAPINFOHEADER structure with correct value.

Thanks!