mkvinfo − Print information about tracks in Matroska files
mkvinfo [options] inname
This program lists all tracks contained in a Matroska file including information about the codecs used.
inname |
Use ’inname’ as the source. |
−g, −−gui
Start the GUI. This option is only available if mkvinfo was compiled with GUI support.
−v, −−verbose
Be verbose and show all Matroska elements. See the section ´VERBOSITY LEVELS’ for details.
−c, −−checksums
Calculates and display the Adler32 checksum for each frame. Useful for debugging only.
−s, −−summary
Only show a terse summary of what mkvinfo finds and not each element.
−−output−charset <charset>
Sets the charset to which strings are converted that are to be output. It defaults to the charset given by system’s current locale.
-r, −−redirect−output <filename>
Writes all messages to the file filename instead of to the console. While this can be done easily with output redirection there are cases in which this option is needed: when the terminal reinterprets the output before writing it to a file. The charset set with −−output-charset is honored.
−h, −−help
Show usage information.
−V, −−version
Show version information.
The -v option can be used to increase mkvinfo’s verbosity level and print more information about the current file.
level 0
will print only the track headers it finds and their types. mkvinfo will exit as soon as the headers are parsed completely (more technical: as soon as the first cluster is encountered). In this level the seek head entries and the cues will not be displayed - even if they’re located in front of the track information.
level 1
will also print all Matroska elements encountered for the complete file but the seek head entries and the cue entries.
level 2
will also print the seek head entries, the cue entries and the file position at which each Matroska element can be found at.
level 3
will print some information that is not directly connected to a Matroska element. All other elements only print stuff about the elements that were just found. Level 3 adds meta information to ease debugging (read: it’s intended for developers only). All lines written by level 3 are enclosed in square brackets to make filtering them out easy.
mkvinfo was written by Moritz Bunkus <moritz AT bunkus DOT org>.
mkvmerge(1), mkvextract(1), mmg(1)
The newest version can always be found at <http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/>