mpeg2desc(1)

mpeg2desc1

Multiplex audio/video streams

Usage

mpeg2desc [-a stream] [-v stream] [-o FILE] [-s] [-m] [-h] [< movie.mpg ...]

Overview

mpeg2desc multiplexes audio and video streams

Options

-a stream

Output audio stream (0 .. 31) to stdout

-v stream

Output video stream (0 .. 15) to stdout

-o FILE

output the previous stream to FILE instead of stdout

-s

skip to first valid header -- ensures mplex can handle output

-m

output mplex offset to stdout

-u

do not output messages about unrecognized headers

-h

show short help

Usage

mpeg2desc mpeg2desc [options] < movie.mpg

Caveats

None.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10–Arch

-u since Debian 10 (Buster).

Bugs

None.

Author

MarcLeemanThis manual page was written by Marc Leeman <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From dvdauthor 0.7.2-16 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.