.TH MKVINFO "1" "April 2003" "mkvinfo v0.4.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mkvinfo \- Print information about tracks in Matroska files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkvinfo
[\fIoptions\fR] \fIinname\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
This program lists all tracks contained in a Matroska file including
information about the codecs used.
.TP
inname
Use '\fIinname\fR' as the source.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Be verbose and show all Matroska elements. See the section
\'\fBVERBOSITY LEVELS\fR' for details.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show usage information.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Show version information.
.SH VERBOSITY LEVELS
.LP
The \fB-v\fR option can be used to increase \fBmkvinfo\fR's verbosity level
and print more information about the current file.
.TP
level 0
will print only the track headers it finds and their types. \fBmkvinfo\fR
will exit as soon as the headers are parsed completely (more technical:
as soon as the first cluster is encountered).
.TP
level 1
will also print all Matroska elements ancountered for the complete file.
.TP
level 2
will also print the file position at which each Matroska element can be
found at.
.LP
.SH AUTHOR
.I mkvinfo
was written by Moritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org>.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mkvmerge (1)
.SH WWW
The newest version can always be found at
.UR http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/
<http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/>
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