1MKVINFO(1) User Commands MKVINFO(1)
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6 mkvinfo - Print information about tracks in Matroska files
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9 mkvinfo [options] inname
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12 This program lists all tracks contained in a Matroska file including
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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‐
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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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26 Calculates and display the Adler32 checksum for each frame. Use‐
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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
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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
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42 nal reinterprets the output before writing it to a file. The
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45 -h, --help
46 Show usage information.
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49 Show version information.
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59 In this level the seek head entries and the cues will not be
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74 elements that were just found. Level 3 adds meta information to
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80 mkvinfo was written by Moritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org>.
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83 mkvmerge(1), mkvextract(1), mmg(1)
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86 The newest version can always be found at
87 <http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/>
88 ⟨http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/⟩
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92mkvinfo v2.1.0 August 2007 MKVINFO(1)