1MKVINFO(1)                       User Commands                      MKVINFO(1)
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NAME

6       mkvinfo - Print information about tracks in Matroska files
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SYNOPSIS

9       mkvinfo [options] inname
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  program  lists  all tracks contained in a Matroska file including
13       information about the codecs used.
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15       inname Use 'inname' as the source.
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17       -g, --gui
18              Start the GUI. This option is only available if mkvinfo was com‐
19              piled with GUI support.
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21       -v, --verbose
22              Be verbose and show all Matroska elements. See the section ´VER‐
23              BOSITY LEVELS' for details.
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25       -c, --checksums
26              Calculates and display the Adler32 checksum for each frame. Use‐
27              ful for debugging only.
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29       -s, --summary
30              Only  show  a  terse  summary of what mkvinfo finds and not each
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33       --output-charset <charset>
34              Sets the charset to which strings are converted that are  to  be
35              output.   It  defaults  to the charset given by system's current
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38       -r, --redirect-output <filename>
39              Writes all messages to the file filename instead of to the  con‐
40              sole.   While  this  can  be done easily with output redirection
41              there are cases in which this option is needed: when the  termi‐
42              nal  reinterprets  the  output before writing it to a file.  The
43              charset set with --output-charset is honored.
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45       -h, --help
46              Show usage information.
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48       -V, --version
49              Show version information.
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VERBOSITY LEVELS

52       The -v option can be used to increase  mkvinfo's  verbosity  level  and
53       print more information about the current file.
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55       level 0
56              will print only the track headers it finds and their types. mkv‐
57              info will exit as soon as  the  headers  are  parsed  completely
58              (more  technical:  as soon as the first cluster is encountered).
59              In this level the seek head entries and the  cues  will  not  be
60              displayed - even if they're located in front of the track infor‐
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63       level 1
64              will also print all Matroska elements encountered for  the  com‐
65              plete file but the seek head entries and the cue entries.
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68              will  also  print the seek head entries, the cue entries and the
69              file position at which each Matroska element can be found at.
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71       level 3
72              will print some information that is not directly connected to  a
73              Matroska  element. All other elements only print stuff about the
74              elements that were just found. Level 3 adds meta information  to
75              ease  debugging  (read:  it's intended for developers only). All
76              lines written by level 3 are enclosed in square brackets to make
77              filtering them out easy.
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AUTHOR

80       mkvinfo was written by Moritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org>.
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SEE ALSO

83       mkvmerge(1), mkvextract(1), mmg(1)
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WWW

86       The      newest      version     can     always     be     found     at
87       <http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/>
88http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/
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92mkvinfo v2.1.0                    August 2007                       MKVINFO(1)
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