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.IX Title "MEDIACONCH 1"
.TH MEDIACONCH 1 2024-03-16 "MediaConch 23.10" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
MediaConch \- implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files
.PP
MediaInfo\-Gui \- implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files (graphical utility)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.IP "mediaconch [\fI\-Options\fR...] \fIFileName1\fR [\fIFilename2\fR...]" 4
.IX Item "mediaconch [-Options...] FileName1 [Filename2...]"
.PD 0
.IP "mediaconch-gui [\fI\-Options\fR...] \fIFileName1\fR [\fIFilename2\fR...]" 4
.IX Item "mediaconch-gui [-Options...] FileName1 [Filename2...]"
.PD
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
MediaConch is an extensible, open source software project consisting of an
implementation checker, policy checker, reporter, and fixer that targets
preservation-level audiovisual files (specifically Matroska, Linear Pulse Code
Modulation (LPCM) and FF Video Codec 1 (FFV1)) for use in memory institutions,
providing detailed and batch-level conformance checking via an adaptable and
flexible application program interface accessible by the command line, a
graphical user interface, or a web-based shell.
.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
MediaInfo supports the following case-insensitive options:
.IP "\fB\-\-Help\fR, \fB\-h\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Help, -h"
Display help and exit
.IP "\fB\-\-Help=Advanced\fR, \fB\-ha\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Help=Advanced, -ha"
Display the advanced help and exit
.SS "Reporting Elements"
.IX Subsection "Reporting Elements"
.IP "\fB\-\-Mediaconch\fR, \fB\-mc\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Mediaconch, -mc"
Output MediaConch report (default)
.Sp
(MediaConch contains default verbosity of implementationChecks plus any provided
policy checks.)
.IP "\fB\-\-Mediainfo\fR, \fB\-mi\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Mediainfo, -mi"
Output MediaInfo report
.IP "\fB\-\-Mediatrace\fR, \fB\-mt\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Mediatrace, -mt"
Output a trace of the file
.SS "Policy Checker"
.IX Subsection "Policy Checker"
.IP "\fB\-\-Policy=PolicyFileName\fR, \fB\-p PolicyFileName\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Policy=PolicyFileName, -p PolicyFileName"
Apply the policy (XSL or Schematron)
.SS "Output Formats"
.IX Subsection "Output Formats"
.IP "\fB\-\-Format=text\fR, \fB\-ft\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Format=text, -ft"
Output in Text format (default)
.IP "\fB\-\-Format=xml\fR, \fB\-fx\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Format=xml, -fx"
Output in MediaInfo/MediaConch/MediaTrace XML format (changed to \-fa if there
are more than 1 tool or more than 1 file)
.IP "\fB\-\-Format=maxml\fR, \fB\-fa\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Format=maxml, -fa"
Output in MediaArea XML format
.IP "\fB\-\-Format=html\fR, \fB\-fh\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Format=html, -fh"
Output MediaConch report in HTML format
.IP "\fB\-\-Display=DisplayFileName\fR, \fB\-d DisplayFileName\fR" 4
.IX Item "--Display=DisplayFileName, -d DisplayFileName"
Apply the display transformation (XSL)
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
This manual page was written by Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@debian.org> for the
Debian system (but may be used by others). Permissions is granted to copy,
distribute, and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General
Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software
Foundation, or the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
.PP
On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL\-3.