---
name: "mediaconch-gui"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mediaconch-gui"
version: "25.04-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mediaconch-gui"
---

# mediaconch-gui(1)

implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files MediaInfo-Gui - implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files (graphical utility)

## NAME

MediaConch - implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files

MediaInfo-Gui - implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files (graphical utility)

## SYNOPSIS

- mediaconch \[*-Options*...\] *FileName1* \[*Filename2*...\]

  - mediaconch-gui \[*-Options*...\] *FileName1* \[*Filename2*...\]

  ## 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.

## OPTIONS

MediaInfo supports the following case-insensitive options:

- **--Help**, **-h**

  Display help and exit

- **--Help=Advanced**, **-ha**

  Display the advanced help and exit

### Reporting Elements

- **--Mediaconch**, **-mc**

  Output MediaConch report (default)

  (MediaConch contains default verbosity of implementationChecks plus any provided policy checks.)

- **--Mediainfo**, **-mi**

  Output MediaInfo report

- **--Mediatrace**, **-mt**

  Output a trace of the file

### Policy Checker

- **--Policy=PolicyFileName**, **-p PolicyFileName**

  Apply the policy (XSL or Schematron)

### Output Formats

- **--Format=text**, **-ft**

  Output in Text format (default)

- **--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)

- **--Format=maxml**, **-fa**

  Output in MediaArea XML format

- **--Format=html**, **-fh**

  Output MediaConch report in HTML format

- **--Display=DisplayFileName**, **-d DisplayFileName**

  Apply the display transformation (XSL)

## 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.

On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.