---
name: "libvalhalla-test"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvalhalla-bin"
version: "2.0.0-4+b1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libvalhalla-test"
---

# libvalhalla-test(1)

a test media indexing utility which uses libvalhalla

## NAME

libvalhalla-test - a test media indexing utility which uses libvalhalla

## SYNOPSIS

**libvalhalla-test** \[*options* ...\] *paths* ...

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **libvalhalla-test** command.

**libvalhalla-test** is a command-line media indexing tool which uses  libvalhalla. It is mainly used to test and exercise libvalhalla capabilities.

## OPTIONS

- **-h** **--help**

  this help

- **-v** **--verbose**

  increase verbosity

- **-l** **--loop**

  number of loops

- **-t** **--timewait**

  time to wait between loops \[sec\]

- **-e** **--delay**

  delay before the scanning begins \[sec\]

- **-m** **--timelimit**

  time limit \[ms\] for the scanning

- **-a** **--priority**

  priority for the threads

- **-d** **--database**

  path for the database

- **-f** **--download**

  path for the downloader destination

- **-c** **--commit-int**

  commits interval

- **-p** **--parser**

  number of parsers

- **-n** **--decrap**

  enable decrapifier (for title metadata)

- **-k** **--keyword**

  keyword for the decrapifier

- **-s** **--suffix**

  file suffix (extension)

- **-g** **--grabber**

  grabber to be used

### Example:

-

  libvalhalla-test **-l** 2 **-t** 5 **-d** ./mydb.db **-p** 1 **-a** 15 **-s** ogg **-s** mp3 /home/foobar/music

Default values are:

-

  loop=1, timewait=0, database=./valhalla.db, commit-int=128, parser=2, priority=19,

-

  suffix=flac,m4a,mp3,ogg, wav,wma,avi,mkv,mov,mpg,wmv, bmp,gif,jpeg,jpg,png,tga,tif,tiff

## AUTHOR

libvalhalla was written by Mathieu Schroeter \<mathieu.schroeter@gamesover.ch\>, Benjamin Zores \<ben@geexbox.org\>, Fabien Brisset \<fbrisset@gmail.com\> and Davide Cavalca \<davide@geexbox.org\>.

This manual page was written by Davide Cavalca \<davide@geexbox.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).