---
name: "lsdvd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lsdvd"
version: "0.21-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lsdvd"
---

# lsdvd(1)

read the content info of a DVD

## NAME

lsdvd - read the content info of a DVD

## SYNOPSIS

**lsdvd** \[ **options** \] \[-t track\_number\] \[dvd path\]

## DESCRIPTION

An application for reading the contents of a DVD and printing the contents to your terminal and dump for further processing in external applications.

## OPTIONS FOR EXTRA INFORMATION

- **-a**

  Dump information about audio streams.

- **-d**

  Dump information about cells.

- **-n**

  Dump information about angles (video layers).

- **-c**

  Dump chapter information.

- **-s**

  Dump subpicture information (e.g. subtitles).

- **-P**

  Dump palette information.

- **-v**

  Dump video information.

- **-x**

  Dump all information.

## FORMATTING OPTIONS

- **-Oh**

  Dump output human readable (default setting).

- **-Oj**

  Dump output as JSON.

- **-Op**

  Dump output as a Perl hash. (Using -p is deprecated).

- **-Oy**

  Dump output as Python.

- **-Or**

  Dump output in Ruby format.

- **-Ox**

  Dump output in XML.

## OTHER OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Display help.

- **-q**

  Quiet output - do not summarize output.

- **-V**

  Display version information.

## LICENSE

lsdvd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

## AUTHORS

**lsdvd** was written by Chris Philips. \<acid\_kewpie@users.sourceforge.net\>

This manual page was written by Moritz Muehlenhoff \<jmm@inutil.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).