---
name: "oggDump"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "oggvideotools"
version: "0.9.1-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/oggDump"
---

# oggDump(1)

prints out information of ogg video files (.ogv, .ogg or oga)

## NAME

oggDump - prints out information of ogg video files (.ogv, .ogg or oga)

## SYNOPSIS

**oggDump \[options\] file.ogv**

## DESCRIPTION

**OggDump** gives detailed information about an ogg video file and prints these information with a given detail level.

Ogg files consist of a number of streams (video and audio). From the Ogg-container perspective, the streams are divided into pages. These pages usually have nearly the same size. The pages can be printed out with the -g option.

From the stream perspective, every stream consists of packets. These packets carry a bunch of compressed audio samples in case of a vorbis stream or one video frame in case of a theora video stream. These packets could be of variable length and are places into the ogg pages. To toString the packets, use the -p option.

## OPTIONS

- \-g

  Dumps the stream pages of the file.

- \-p

  Dumps the stream packets.

- \-l

  **\<level\>.** Set the dump level (1-5). Default is 5, which means all information are printed.

- \-s

  Prompt for the stream that should be dumped. All other streams are ignored and will not be printed.

- \-o

  **\<file\>** Write the dump information to a file.

## AUTHOR

Joern Seger \<yorn at gmx dot net\>

## SEE ALSO

[**oggCut**(1)](/oggCut/1.md), [**oggJoin**(1)](/oggJoin/1.md), [**oggSplit**(1)](/oggSplit/1.md), **oggTranscode^**(1), [**oggSlideshow**(1)](/oggSlideshow/1.md), [**oggThumb**(1)](/oggThumb/1.md), [**oggSilence**(1)](/oggSilence/1.md)