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.TH "MKVEXTRACT" "1" "2015\-02\-28" "MKVToolNix 7\&.7\&.0" "User Commands"

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.SH "NAME"

mkvextract \- extract tracks from Matroska(TM) files into other files

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.HP \w'\fBmkvextract\fR\ 'u

\fBmkvextract\fR {mode} {source\-filename} [options] [extraction\-spec]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP

.B mkvextract

extracts specific parts from a

.I Matroska(TM)

file to other useful formats\&. The first argument,

\fBmode\fR, tells

\fBmkvextract\fR(1)

what to extract\&. Currently supported is the extraction of

tracks,

tags,

attachments,

chapters,

CUE sheets,

timecodes

and

cues\&. The second argument is the name of the source file\&. It must be a

Matroska(TM)

file\&. All following arguments are options and extraction specifications; both of which depend on the selected mode\&.

.SS "Common options"

.PP

The following options are available in all modes and only described once in this section\&.

.PP

\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-parse\-fully\fR

.RS 4

Sets the parse mode to \*(Aqfull\*(Aq\&. The default mode does not parse the whole file but uses the meta seek elements for locating the required elements of a source file\&. In 99% of all cases this is enough\&. But for files that do not contain meta seek elements or which are damaged the user might have to use this mode\&. A full scan of a file can take a couple of minutes while a fast scan only takes seconds\&.

.RE

.PP

\fB\-\-command\-line\-charset\fR \fIcharacter\-set\fR

.RS 4

Sets the character set to convert strings given on the command line from\&. It defaults to the character set given by system\*(Aqs current locale\&.

.RE

.PP

\fB\-\-output\-charset\fR \fIcharacter\-set\fR

.RS 4

Sets the character set to which strings are converted that are to be output\&. It defaults to the character set given by system\*(Aqs current locale\&.

.RE

.PP

\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-redirect\-output\fR \fIfile\-name\fR

.RS 4

Writes all messages to the file

\fIfile\-name\fR

instead of to the console\&. While this can be done easily with output redirection there are cases in which this option is needed: when the terminal reinterprets the output before writing it to a file\&. The character set set with

\fB\-\-output\-charset\fR

is honored\&.

.RE

.PP

\fB\-\-ui\-language\fR \fIcode\fR

.RS 4

Forces the translations for the language

\fIcode\fR

to be used (e\&.g\&. \*(Aqde_DE\*(Aq for the German translations)\&. It is preferable to use the environment variables

\fILANG\fR,

\fILC_MESSAGES\fR

and

\fILC_ALL\fR

though\&. Entering \*(Aqlist\*(Aq as the

\fIcode\fR

will cause

\fBmkvextract\fR(1)

to output a list of available translations\&.

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.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP

\fBmkvmerge\fR(1),

\fBmkvinfo\fR(1),

\fBmkvpropedit\fR(1),

\fBmmg\fR(1)

.SH "WWW"

.PP

The latest version can always be found at

\m[blue]\fBthe MKVToolNix homepage\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.

.SH "AUTHOR"

.PP

\(co \fBMoritz Bunkus\fR <\&moritz@bunkus\&.org\&>

.RS 4

Developer

.RE

.SH "NOTES"

.IP " 1." 4

the MKVToolNix homepage

.RS 4

\%https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/

.RE

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