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mpeg2desc(1)

mpeg2desc1

Multiplex audio/video streams

Usage

mpeg2desc [-a stream] [-v stream] [-o FILE] [-s] [-m] [-h] [< movie.mpg ...]

Overview

mpeg2desc multiplexes audio and video streams

Options

-a stream

Output audio stream (0 .. 31) to stdout

-v stream

Output video stream (0 .. 15) to stdout

-o FILE

output the previous stream to FILE instead of stdout

-s

skip to first valid header -- ensures mplex can handle output

-m

output mplex offset to stdout

-u

do not output messages about unrecognized headers

-h

show short help

Usage

mpeg2desc mpeg2desc [options] < movie.mpg

Caveats

None.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 10 (Buster): the text shown here
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch)
  • Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

-u since Debian 10 (Buster).

Bugs

None.

Author

MarcLeemanThis manual page was written by Marc Leeman <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From dvdauthor 0.7.2-16 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.