---
name: "ebur128"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ebumeter"
version: "0.5.1-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ebur128"
---

# ebur128(1)

a command line app measuring loudness on audio files.

## NAME

**ebur128** - a command line app measuring loudness on audio files.

## SYNOPSIS

**ebur128** \[*options*\]*\[*file*\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **ebur128**

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**ebur128** is a command line app measuring loudness on audio files.\
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         This application allows you to measure Momentary, Short term and Integrated loudness besides other values.

        Integrated loudness (from start to stop)\
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         Loudness range\
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         Integrated threshold\
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         Range threshold\
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         Range min\
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         Range max\
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         Momentary max (400 ms)\
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         Short term max (3s)

**ebur128** is primarily aimed for broadcasting, but can be useful in other situations too.

## OPTIONS

  **--help**\
        Display short info

  **--lufs**\
        Use absolute units

  **--prob**\
        Write cumulative probability file

  **--full**\
        For all info to be printed

## AUTHOR

ebur128 was written by Fons Adriaensen  \<fons@linuxaudio.org\>.

This manual page was written by Jaromír Mikeš \<mira.mikes@seznam.cz\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).