---
name: "ogginfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vorbis-tools"
version: "1.4.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ogginfo"
---

# ogginfo(1)

gives information about Ogg files, and does extensive validity checking

## NAME

ogginfo - gives information about Ogg files, and does extensive validity checking

## SYNOPSIS

**ogginfo** \[ **-q** \] \[ **-v** \] \[ **-h** \] *file1.ogg* **...** *fileN.ogg*

## DESCRIPTION

**ogginfo** reads one or more Ogg files and prints information about stream contents  (including chained and/or multiplexed streams) to standard output. It will  detect (but not correct) a wide range of common defects, with many  additional checks specifically for Ogg Vorbis streams.

For all stream types **ogginfo** will print the filename being processed, the stream serial numbers, and various common error conditions.

For **Vorbis** streams, information including the version used for encoding, the sample rate and number of channels, the bitrate and playback length, and the contents of the comment header are printed.

Similarly, for **Theora** streams, basic information about the video is provided, including frame rate, aspect ratio, bitrate, length, and the comment header.

## OPTIONS

- \-h

  Show a help and usage message.

- \-q

  Quiet mode. This may be specified multiple times. Doing so once will remove the detailed informative messages, twice will remove warnings as well.

- \-v

  Verbose mode. At the current time, this does not do anything.

## AUTHORS

Michael Smith \<msmith@xiph.org\>

## SEE ALSO

[**vorbiscomment**(1)](/vorbiscomment/1.md), [**ogg123**(1)](/ogg123/1.md), [**oggdec**(1)](/oggdec/1.md), [**oggenc**(1)](/oggenc/1.md)