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avinfo

AVINFO(1)							   User Commands							 AVINFO(1)

NAME

       AVInfo - Audio/Video file information automatic extractor

SYNOPSIS

       avinfo [FILENAME] [OPTIONS] [TEMPLATE] [OUTPUT]
       avinfo [-l=FILELIST] [OPTIONS] [TEMPLATE] [OUTPUT]
       avinfo -l- [OPTIONS] [TEMPLATE] [OUTPUT]
       avinfo [--help | --version]

DESCRIPTION

       Extracts information from FILENAME or files in FILELIST and generates a report.

   OPTIONS:
       -f=extension
	      forces the use of module associated with extension

       -l=list
	      use filelist (use -l- for stdin)

       -i=ms  delay between files in filelist (in ms) (/*TODO*/)

       -e=ext exclude an extension (do not apply associated module)

       -m=number
	      max line length (0 - no restriction)

       -s=value
	      for advanced tuning of modules (/*TODO*/)

       -v=name=value
	      set int. variable 'name' to 'value' (text or number)

   External TEMPLATEs:
       -th=template
	      header template (string, use without value to disable)

       -thf=filename
	      get header template from a file

       -tb=template
	      body template (string, use without value to disable)

       -tbf=filename
	      get body template from a file

       -tf=template
	      footer template (string, use without value to disable)

       -tff=filename
	      get footer template from a file

   Built-in TEMPLATEs:
       --default
	      used by default

       --description
	      for creating (updating) descrpipt.ion files

       --list for filelist (plain text) generation

       --html-list
	      for filelist (html) generation

       --csv-list
	      for filelist (CSV, e.g. for Excel)

       --short
	      alt. version of --default template

       --far  "nice" formated report (for FAR Manager) (contains MS-DOS pseudographic characters)

   OUTPUT:
       -o=file
	      file to write the report to (default is stdout)

   Other OPTIONS:
       --help prints this help page

       --version
	      prints avinfo version and copyright

       You can use ':' instead of '=' in all OPTIONS or just omit it.
       TEMPLATEs use AVInfo Simple Script (A.S.S.) syntax.

   Examples of commands:
       avinfo file.ogm --raw
       find . -name '*.avi' -print | avinfo -l- --html-list -o=avilist.html
       avinfo -l:list -thf:header -tbf=body -tff=footer >report

SEE ALSO

       Additional documentation for AVInfo can be found in the package documentation directory.

       (c) George Shuklin, 2001-2004, http://shounen.ru/soft/avinfo/
       This is free software. You are welcome to redistribute it under the terms and conditions of GNU General Public License.

AVInfo 1.0 alpha 15 [Balalaika] 				    April 2005								 AVINFO(1)