---
name: "trackinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "audiotools"
version: "3.1.1-1.1+b12"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/trackinfo"
---

# trackinfo(1)

prints information and metadata from tracks

## NAME

trackinfo - prints information and metadata from tracks

## SYNOPSIS

trackinfo \[OPTIONS\] \<track 1\> \[track 2\] ...

## DESCRIPTION

trackinfo takes a list of audio tracks and writes information about them to standard output. This includes track length, number of channels, sample rate, bits-per-sample, filename and additional metadata, if any.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show a list of options and exit

- **-n**, **--no-metadata**

  do not print track metadata such as track name, album name and so forth

- **-L**, **--low-level**

  display low-level metadata information such as ID3 frames, Vorbis comment pairs, and so on

- **-b**, **--bitrate**

  prints the average bitrate of the track in kilobytes-per-second instead of the usual track information

- **-%**, **--percentage**

  prints the percentage compression of the track instead of the usual track information

- **-C**, **--channel-assignment**

  prints the track's channel assignment, if defined

## SEE ALSO

[**audiotools-config**(1)](/audiotools-config/1.md), [**audiotools.cfg**(5)](/audiotools.cfg/5.md), [**cdda2track**(1)](/cdda2track/1.md), [**cddainfo**(1)](/cddainfo/1.md), [**cddaplay**(1)](/cddaplay/1.md), [**coverdump**(1)](/coverdump/1.md), [**covertag**(1)](/covertag/1.md), [**coverview**(1)](/coverview/1.md), [**dvda2track**(1)](/dvda2track/1.md), [**dvdainfo**(1)](/dvdainfo/1.md), [**track2cdda**(1)](/track2cdda/1.md), [**track2track**(1)](/track2track/1.md), [**trackcat**(1)](/trackcat/1.md), [**trackcmp**(1)](/trackcmp/1.md), [**tracklength**(1)](/tracklength/1.md), [**tracklint**(1)](/tracklint/1.md), [**trackplay**(1)](/trackplay/1.md), [**trackrename**(1)](/trackrename/1.md), [**tracksplit**(1)](/tracksplit/1.md), [**tracktag**(1)](/tracktag/1.md), [**trackverify**(1)](/trackverify/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Brian Langenberger