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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "/usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
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[
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<!ENTITY product "mkvextract">
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<!ENTITY version "4.4.0">
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<!ENTITY date "2010-10-31">
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<!ENTITY mkvmerge "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mkvmerge</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
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<!ENTITY mkvinfo "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mkvinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
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<!ENTITY mkvextract "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mkvextract</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
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<!ENTITY mkvpropedit "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mkvpropedit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
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<!ENTITY mmg "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mmg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
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<!ENTITY matroska "<productname>Matroska</productname>">
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<!ENTITY oggvorbis "<productname>OggVorbis</productname>">
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<!ENTITY xml "<abbrev>XML</abbrev>">
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]>
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<refentry lang="en" id="mkvextract">
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<refentryinfo>
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<productname>&product;</productname>
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<date>&date;</date>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Moritz</firstname>
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<surname>Bunkus</surname>
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<email>moritz@bunkus.org</email>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>&product;</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class="version">&version;</refmiscinfo>
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<refmiscinfo class="date">&date;</refmiscinfo>
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<refmiscinfo class="source">MkvToolNix</refmiscinfo>
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<refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>&product;</refname>
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<refpurpose>extract tracks from &matroska; files into other files</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv id="mkvextract.synopsis">
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<title>Synopsis</title>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>mkvextract</command>
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<arg choice="req">mode</arg>
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<arg choice="req">source-filename</arg>
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<arg>options</arg>
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<arg>extraction-spec</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="mkvextract.description">
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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This program extracts specific parts from a &matroska; file to other useful formats. The first argument, <option>mode</option>, tells
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&mkvextract; what to extract. Currently supported is the extraction of <link linkend="mkvextract.description.tracks">tracks</link>, <link
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linkend="mkvextract.description.tags">tags</link>, <link linkend="mkvextract.description.attachments">attachments</link>, <link
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linkend="mkvextract.description.chapters">chapters</link>, <link linkend="mkvextract.description.cuesheets">CUE sheets</link> and <link
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linkend="mkvextract.description.timecodes_v2">timecodes</link>. The second argument is the name of the source file. It must be a
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&matroska; file. All following arguments are options and extraction specifications; both of which depend on the selected mode.
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</para>
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<refsect2 id="mkvextract.description.common">
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<title>Common options</title>
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<para>
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The following options are available in all modes and only described once in this section.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry id="mkvextract.description.parse_fully">
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<term><option>-f</option>, <option>--parse-fully</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Sets the parse mode to 'full'. The default mode does not parse the whole file but uses the meta seek elements for locating the
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required elements of a source file. In 99% of all cases this is enough. But for files that do not contain meta seek elements or which
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are damaged the user might have to use this mode. A full scan of a file can take a couple of minutes while a fast scan only takes
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seconds.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mkvextract.description.common.command_line_charset">
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<term><option>--command-line-charset</option> <parameter>character-set</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Sets the character set to convert strings given on the command line from. It defaults to the character set given by system's current
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locale.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mkvextract.description.common.output_charset">
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<term><option>--output-charset</option> <parameter>character-set</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Sets the character set to which strings are converted that are to be output. It defaults to the character set given by system's
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current locale.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mkvextract.description.common.redirect_output">
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<term><option>-r</option>, <option>--redirect-output</option> <parameter>file-name</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Writes all messages to the file <parameter>file-name</parameter> instead of to the console. While this can be done easily with
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output redirection there are cases in which this option is needed: when the terminal reinterprets the output before writing it to a
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file. The character set set with <link
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linkend="mkvextract.description.common.output_charset"><option>--output-charset</option></link> is honored.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mkvextract.description.common.ui_language">
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<term><option>--ui-language</option> <parameter>code</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Forces the translations for the language <parameter>code</parameter> to be used (e.g. '<literal>de_DE</literal>' for the German
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translations). It is preferable to use the environment variables <varname>LANG</varname>, <varname>LC_MESSAGES</varname> and
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<varname>LC_ALL</varname> though. Entering '<literal>list</literal>' as the <parameter>code</parameter> will cause &mkvextract; to
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output a list of available translations.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-v</option>, <option>--verbose</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Be verbose and show all the important &matroska; elements as they're read.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Show usage information and exit.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-V</option>, <option>--version</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Show version information and exit.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--check-for-updates</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Checks online for new releases by downloading the URL <uri>http://mkvtoolnix-releases.bunkus.org/latest-release.xml</uri>. Four lines
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will be output in <literal>key=value</literal> style: the URL from where the information was retrieved (key
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<literal>version_check_url</literal>), the currently running version (key <literal>running_version</literal>), the latest release's
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version (key <literal>available_version</literal>) and the download URL (key <literal>download_url</literal>).
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</para>
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<para>
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Afterwards the program exists with an exit code of 0 if no newer release is available, with 1 if a newer release is available and with
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2 if an error occured (e.g. if the update information could not be retrieved).
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</para>
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<para>
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This option is only available if the program was built with support for libcurl.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>@</option>options-file</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Reads additional command line arguments from the file <parameter>options-file</parameter>. Lines whose first non-whitespace
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character is a hash mark ('<literal>#</literal>') are treated as comments and ignored. White spaces at the start and end of a line
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will be stripped. Each line must contain exactly one option.
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</para>
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<para>
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Several chars can be escaped, e.g. if you need to start a non-comment line with '#'. The rules are described in <link
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linkend="mkvextract.escaping">the section about escaping text</link>.
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</para>
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<para>
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The command line '<command>mkvextract tracks source.mkv --raw 1:destination.raw</command>' could be converted into the following
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option file:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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# Extract a track from source.mkv
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tracks
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source.mkv
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# Output the track as raw data.
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--raw
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1:destination.raw
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</programlisting>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2 id="mkvextract.description.tracks">
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<title>Track extraction mode</title>
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<para>
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Syntax: <command>mkvextract</command> <option>tracks</option> <parameter>source-filename</parameter> <optional><parameter>options</parameter></optional> <parameter>TID1:dest-filename1</parameter> <optional><parameter>TID2:dest-filename2</parameter> ...</optional>
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</para>
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<para>
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The following command line options are available for each track in the '<literal>tracks</literal>' extraction mode. They have to appear
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in front of the track specification (see below) they should be applied to.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-c</option> <parameter>character-set</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Sets the character set to convert the next text subtitle track to. Only valid if the
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next track ID targets a text subtitle track. It defaults to UTF-8.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--blockadd</option> <parameter>level</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Keep only the BlockAdditions up to this level. The default is to keep all levels. This option only affects certain kinds of codecs
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like WAVPACK4.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--cuesheet</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Causes &mkvextract; to extract a <abbrev>CUE</abbrev> sheet from the chapter information and tag data for the following track into a
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file whose name is the track's output name with '<literal>.cue</literal>' appended to it.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--raw</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Extracts the raw data into a file without any container data around it. Unlike the <link
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linkend="mkvextract.description.tracks.fullraw"><option>--fullraw</option></link> flag this flag does not cause the contents of the
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<classname>CodecPrivate</classname> element to be written to the file. This mode works with all <classname>CodecIDs</classname>, even
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the ones that &mkvextract; doesn't support otherwise, but the resulting files might not be usable.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mkvextract.description.tracks.fullraw">
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<term><option>--fullraw</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Extracts the raw data into a file without any container data around it. The contents of the <classname>CodecPrivate</classname>
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element will be written to the file first if the track contains such a header element. This mode works with all
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<classname>CodecIDs</classname>, even the ones that &mkvextract; doesn't support otherwise, but the resulting files might not be
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usable.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>TID:outname</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Causes extraction of the track with the ID <parameter>TID</parameter> into the file
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<parameter>outname</parameter> if such a track exists in the source file. This option can be
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given multiple times. The track IDs are the same as the ones output by
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&mkvmerge;'s <option>--identify</option> option.
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</para>
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<para>
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Each output name should be used only once. The exception are RealAudio and RealVideo tracks. If you use the same name for different
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tracks then those tracks will be saved in the same file. Example:
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</para>
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<screen>
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$ mkvextract tracks input.mkv 1:output-two-tracks.rm 2:output-two-tracks.rm
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</screen>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2 id="mkvextract.description.tags">
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<title>Tags extraction mode</title>
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<para>
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Syntax: <command>mkvextract</command> <option>tags</option> <parameter>source-filename</parameter> <optional><parameter>options</parameter></optional>
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</para>
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<para>
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The extracted tags are written to the console unless the output is redirected (see the section about <link
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linkend="mkvextract.output_redirection">output redirection</link> for details).
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2 id="mkvextract.description.attachments">
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<title>Attachments extraction mode</title>
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<para>
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Syntax: <command>mkvextract</command> <option>attachments</option> <parameter>source-filename</parameter> <optional><parameter>options</parameter></optional> <parameter>AID1:outname1</parameter> <optional><parameter>AID2:outname2</parameter> ...</optional>
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>AID:outname</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Causes extraction of the attachment with the ID <parameter>AID</parameter> into the file <parameter>outname</parameter> if such an
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attachment exists in the source file. If the <parameter>outname</parameter> is left empty then the name of the attachment inside the
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source &matroska; file is used instead. This option can be given multiple times. The attachment IDs are the same as the ones output
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by &mkvmerge;'s <option>--identify</option> option.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2 id="mkvextract.description.chapters">
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<title>Chapters extraction mode</title>
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<para>
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Syntax: <command>mkvextract</command> <option>chapters</option> <parameter>source-filename</parameter> <optional><parameter>options</parameter></optional>
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-s</option>, <option>--simple</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Exports the chapter information in the simple format used in the <abbrev>OGM</abbrev> tools
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(CHAPTER01=..., CHAPTER01NAME=...). In this mode some information has to be
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discarded. Default is to output the chapters in &xml; format.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>
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The extracted chapters are written to the console unless the output is redirected (see the section about <link
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linkend="mkvextract.output_redirection">output redirection</link> for details).
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2 id="mkvextract.description.cuesheets">
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<title>Cue sheet extraction mode</title>
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<para>
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Syntax: <command>mkvextract</command> <option>cuesheet</option> <parameter>source-filename</parameter> <optional><parameter>options</parameter></optional>
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</para>
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<para>
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The extracted cue sheet is written to the console unless the output is redirected (see the section about <link
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linkend="mkvextract.output_redirection">output redirection</link> for details).
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2 id="mkvextract.description.timecodes_v2">
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<title>Timecode extraction mode</title>
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<para>
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Syntax: <command>mkvextract</command> <option>timecodes_v2</option> <parameter>source-filename</parameter> <optional><parameter>options</parameter></optional> <parameter>TID1:dest-filename1</parameter> <optional><parameter>TID2:dest-filename2</parameter> ...</optional>
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</para>
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<para>
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The extracted timecodes are written to the console unless the output is redirected (see the section about <link
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linkend="mkvextract.output_redirection">output redirection</link> for details).
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>TID:outname</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Causes extraction of the timecodes for the track with the ID <parameter>TID</parameter> into the file <parameter>outname</parameter>
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if such a track exists in the source file. This option can be given multiple times. The track IDs are the same as the ones output by
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&mkvmerge;'s <option>--identify</option> option.
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</para>
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<para>
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Example:
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</para>
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<screen>
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$ mkvextract timecodes_v2 input.mkv 1:tc-track1.txt 2:tc-track2.txt
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</screen>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="mkvextract.output_redirection">
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<title>Output redirection</title>
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<para>
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Several extraction modes cause &mkvextract; to write the extracted data to the console. There are generally two ways of writing this data
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into a file: one provided by the shell and one provided by &mkvextract; itself.
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</para>
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<para>
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The shell's builtin redirection mechanism is used by appending '<literal>> output-filename.ext</literal>' to the command
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line. Example:
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</para>
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<screen>
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$ mkvextract tags source.mkv > tags.xml
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</screen>
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<para>
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&mkvextract;'s own redirection is invoked with the <link
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linkend="mkvextract.description.common.redirect_output"><option>--redirect-output</option></link> option. Example:
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</para>
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<screen>
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$ mkvextract tags source.mkv --redirect-output tags.xml
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</screen>
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<note>
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<para>
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On Windows you should probably use the <link
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linkend="mkvextract.description.common.redirect_output"><option>--redirect-output</option></link> option because
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<command>cmd.exe</command> sometimes interpretes special characters before they're written into the output file resulting in broken
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output.
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</para>
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</note>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="mkvextract.output_file_formats">
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<title>Output file formats</title>
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<para>
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The decision about the output format is based on the track type, not on the extension used for the output file name. The following track
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types are supported at the moment:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<abbrev>H.264</abbrev> / <abbrev>AVC</abbrev> video tracks are written to <abbrev>H.264</abbrev> elementary streams which can be
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processed further with e.g. <productname>MP4Box</productname> from the <productname>GPAC</productname> package.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>V_MS/VFW/FOURCC</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fixed <abbrev>FPS</abbrev> video tracks with this <classname>CodecID</classname> are written to <abbrev>AVI</abbrev> files.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>V_REAL/*</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<productname>RealVideo</productname> tracks are written to <productname>RealMedia</productname> files.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>A_MPEG/L3, A_AC3</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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These will be extracted to raw <abbrev>MP3</abbrev> and <abbrev>AC3</abbrev> files.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>A_PCM/INT/LIT</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Raw <abbrev>PCM</abbrev> data will be written to a <abbrev>WAV</abbrev> file.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>A_AAC/MPEG2/*, A_AAC/MPEG4/*, A_AAC</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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All <abbrev>AAC</abbrev> files will be written into an <abbrev>AAC</abbrev> file with <abbrev>ADTS</abbrev> headers before each
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packet. The <abbrev>ADTS</abbrev> headers will not contain the deprecated emphasis field.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>A_VORBIS</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Vorbis audio will be written into an &oggvorbis; file.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>A_REAL/*</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<productname>RealAudio</productname> tracks are written to <productname>RealMedia</productname> files.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>A_TTA1</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<productname>TrueAudio</productname> tracks are written to <abbrev>TTA</abbrev> files. Please note that due to &matroska;'s limited
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timecode precision the extracted file's header will be different regarding two fields: <varname>data_length</varname> (the total
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number of samples in the file) and the <abbrev>CRC</abbrev>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>S_TEXT/UTF8</term>
|
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<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Simple text subtitles will be written as <abbrev>SRT</abbrev> files.
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</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
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|
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<varlistentry>
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<term>S_TEXT/SSA, S_TEXT/ASS</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
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<abbrev>SSA</abbrev> and <abbrev>ASS</abbrev> text subtitles will be written as <abbrev>SSA</abbrev>/<abbrev>ASS</abbrev> files
|
|
respectively.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>S_KATE</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<productname>Kate</productname> streams will be written within an <productname>Ogg</productname> container.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Tags</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Tags are converted to a &xml; format. This format is the same that &mkvmerge; supports for reading tags.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Attachments</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Attachments are written to they output file as they are. No conversion whatsoever is done.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Chapters</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Chapters are converted to a &xml; format. This format is the same that &mkvmerge; supports for reading chapters. Alternatively a
|
|
stripped-down version can be output in the simple <abbrev>OGM</abbrev> style format.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Timecodes</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Timecodes are first sorted and then output as a timecode v2 format compliant file ready to be fed to &mkvmerge;. The extraction to
|
|
other formats (v1, v3 and v4) is not supported.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</refsect1>
|
|
|
|
<refsect1>
|
|
<title>Exit codes</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
&mkvextract; exits with one of three exit codes:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<constant>0</constant> -- This exit codes means that extraction has completed successfully.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<constant>1</constant> -- In this case &mkvextract; has output at least one warning, but extraction did continue. A warning is
|
|
prefixed with the text '<literal>Warning:</literal>'. Depending on the issues involved the resulting files might be ok or not. The
|
|
user is urged to check both the warning and the resulting files.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<constant>2</constant> -- This exit code is used after an error occurred. &mkvextract; aborts right after outputting the error message.
|
|
Error messages range from wrong command line arguments over read/write errors to broken files.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</refsect1>
|
|
|
|
<refsect1 id="mkvextract.escaping">
|
|
<title>Escaping special chars in text</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
There are a few places in which special characters in text must or should be escaped. The rules for escaping are simple: each character
|
|
that needs escaping is replaced with a backslash followed by another character.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The rules are: ' ' becomes '\s', '"' becomes '\2', ':' becomes '\c', '#' becomes '\h' and '\' itself becomes '\\'.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</refsect1>
|
|
|
|
<refsect1 id="mkvextract.seealso">
|
|
<title>See also</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
&mkvmerge;, &mkvinfo;, &mkvpropedit;, &mmg;
|
|
</para>
|
|
</refsect1>
|
|
|
|
<refsect1 id="mkvextract.www">
|
|
<title>WWW</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The latest version can always be found at <ulink url="http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/">the MKVToolNix homepage</ulink>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</refsect1>
|
|
|
|
</refentry>
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