---
name: "mp3val"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mp3val"
version: "0.1.8-5+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mp3val"
---

# mp3val(1)

A program for MPEG audio stream validation

## NAME

MP3val - A program for MPEG audio stream validation

## SYNOPSIS

**mp3val** \[-l \<log\_file\>\] \[-f\] \[-si\] \[-p\] \[-v\] \<files to validate\>

## DESCRIPTION

MP3val is a small, high-speed tool for MPEG audio files validation and (optionally) fixing problems. It was primarily designed for verification of MPEG 1 Layer III (MP3) files, but supports also other MPEG versions and layers. It can be useful for finding corrupted files (e.g. incompletely downloaded).

## OPTIONS

- **-l \<log\_file\>**

  Log file name. If this argument is missing, all the information will be written to stdout.

- **-f**

  Try to fix errors.

- **-si**

  Suppress INFO messages.

- **-p**

  Pipe mode (receive input file names from stdin). Intended for interaction with frontends. \<files to validate\> is ignored in this case.

- **-v**

  Print version and exit

## AUTHOR

Alexey Kuznetsov (ring0) and Eugen Tikhonov (jetsys), \<mp3val at ring0 dot pp dot ru\>

Manpage first version compiled by Sandro Tosi, \<matrixhasu@gmail.com\>