---
name: "yamdi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "yamdi"
version: "1.9-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/yamdi"
---

# yamdi(1)

yet another metadata injector (flv)

## NAME

yamdi - yet another metadata injector (flv)

## SYNOPSIS

**yamdi**
 -i input file \[-x xml file \| -o output file \[-x xml file\]\] \[-t temporary file\] \[-c creator\] \[-a interval\] \[-skMXw\] \[-h\]

## DESCRIPTION

yamdi stands for Yet Another MetaData Injector and is a metadata injector for FLV files. It adds the onMetaData event to your FLV files.

## OPTIONS

**-i**
 The source FLV file. If the file name is '-' the input file will be read from stdin. Use the -t option to specify a temporary file.
 **-o**
 The resulting FLV file with the metatags. If the output file is '-' the FLV file will be written to stdout.
 **-x**
 An XML file with the resulting metadata information. If the output file is ommited, only metadata will be generated.
 **-t**
 A temporary file to store the source FLV file in if the input file is read from stdin.
 **-c**
 A string that will be written into the creator tag.
 **-s, -l**
 Add the onLastSecond event.
 The -l option is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
 **-k**
 Add the onLastKeyframe event.
 **-M**
 Strip all metadata from the FLV. The -s and -k options will be ignored.
 **-X**
 Omit the keyframes tag in the XML output.
 **-a**
 Time in milliseconds between keyframes if there is only audio. This option will be ignored if there is a video stream. No keyframes will be added if this option is omitted.
 **-w**
 Replace the input file with the output file. -i and -o are required to be different files otherwise this option will be ignored.
 **-h**
 Show summary of options.

## EXIT STATUS

**yamdi**
 exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

**http://yamdi.sourceforge.net/**

## AUTHOR

yamdi was written by Ingo Oppermann
 This manual page was written by Todd Troxell \<ttroxell@debian.org\>,
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Updated by Ingo Oppermann