AUTOMKV(1)            User Contributed Perl Documentation           AUTOMKV(1)



NNAAMMEE
       automkv - Automatic MKV converter, with (we hope) smart behavior

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       automkv [_g_l_o_b_a_l_-_o_p_t_i_o_n_s] [ [file-options ...] [file ...] ... ]

         Global Information Options:
           -? | --help                    Display brief help message and exit.
           -S | --show                    Display specified information and exit.
           -M | --man                     Print the manual page and exit.
           -R | --readme                  Print the README for the program, and exit.
           -V | --version                 Print the version information and exit.

         Global Processing Options:
           -n | --no-operation | --nop    Report what would be done, but don't do it.
           -v | --verbose                 Report on what's being done.
           -A | --assume                  Assume some data about the files.
           -D | --debug                   Provide debug output.
           -L | --default-language        Default language for all streams.
           -O | --outdir                  Set path to output directory.
           -P | --default-presentation    Default name for all grouped content.

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       aauuttoommkkvv is currently in alpha state and, as such, may not be suitable
       for any particular use. In fact due to how far it yet has to go before
       meeting its minimal design specs, if it IS currently suitable for some
       task, it is unlikely to remain that way as it evolves.

       aauuttoommkkvv attempts to intelligently determine how to convert one ( or
       more) files into a .mkv file, incorporating all available metadata as
       it does so. So far, its still pretty dumb, fails to actually include
       much of the metadata is manages to deduce.

       aauuttoommkkvv is intended to be able to look at a set of media files in a
       directory tree, probe their contents, and (perhaps using additional
       information provided on the command line) deduce the relationships (if
       any) between the files, and gather all relevant metadata about the
       related files.

       Once all the metadata for a file or set of related files has been
       gathered, then automkv is supposed to work out which files can usefully
       be combined, and in which ways, and carry that out, such as merging
       subtitle or commentary files with their .avi file, or joining together
       two halves of a long movie into a single file, all controlled by a user
       policy that also dictates the final output file names of the newly
       created .mkv files.

       It is hoped that automkv will eventually be sophisticated enough to be
       allowed to run as a directory monitor, automatically converting all
       files that are stored in the monitored directories. That day is
       currently still a long way off.

       In practice, it is currently often necessary to assist automkv by
       giving it assumptions on the command line, such as what to assume the
       episode name of a tv series is. How it makes use of this extra data is
       both under-documented and undergoing rapid flux at the moment. I fear
       that this documentation is likely to always lag behind the reality
       until version 1.0 comes out.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
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       --?? | ----hheellpp
               Prints a brief help message, and exits.

       --SS | ----sshhooww STR
               Prints the requested information, then exits. This option can
               be invoked multiple times to request multiple types of
               information, or a single comma-separated string can be passed
               to specify the desired information types. Currently allowed
               queries are:

               llaanngg    List all accepted language codes.

               ttaaggss    Lists all tags accepted by the --assume option. At
                       least, this is the theory. Currently all possible tags
                       are accepted, and most are ignored. Once the internal
                       processing model settles down, this will provide actual
                       information.

       --MM| ----mmaann
               Prints the manpage for the program, and exits.

       --VV | ----vveerrssiioonn
               Prints the version of the program, and exits.

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       --VV | ----vveerrbboossee
               Asks automkv to produce more information about its internal
               processing. Currently this doesn't do much as automkv is often
               already too verbose.

       --DD | ----ddeebbuugg
               Asks automkv to dump various data structures as it works, so
               that one can attempt to figure out what its doing, and debug
               it. Even if you are not trying to fix the progam, this can be
               useful just to see what internal processing tags are being
               used. These are good candidates to use to tweak automkv's
               behavior using the -A flag below.

       --AA | ----aassssuummee TAG=VALUE
               Tells automkv to assume something about file it is processing.
               This can be used to provide information to automkv that it
               would not otherwise be able to gather. A full set of accepted
               tags and their meanings can be gathered by calling automkv with
               '--show tags', but here's a partial list:

               nnaammee        This tells automkv to what to assume for the
                           untagged part of the filename, rather than deriving
                           it by stripping tags off the filename.

               sshhoowwnnaammee    If automkv knows the name of the show, it will
                           assume that the file stem is an episode name.

               eeppiissooddeess    If automkv knows the total number of seasons it
                           will ensure that no more digits are used for an
                           episode number than will be required. It will also
                           use the number of episodes to produce tags like 'xx
                           of yy' for files that lack a season number (such as
                           miniseries and documentaries).

               sseeaassoonnss     Tells automkv how many seasons there are in a show.
                           This is useful to make it use more or few digits in
                           a season name.

       --LL | ----ddeeffaauulltt--llaanngguuaaggee STR
               Specifies the language to be assumed for all stream content
               that doesn't otherwise have a specified language. This takes a
               3-letter ISO code for the language. The current list of
               accepted ISO codes can be determined from the "--show lang"
               option.

               If no default language is specified, the default-default is
               English (eng).

       --PP | ----ddeeffaauulltt--pprreesseennttaattiioonn STR
               This gives a default 'presentation' name that is used as an
               internal title of all tracks which follow (and which do not
               explicitly specify titles or presentation names of their own)
               until changed by another use of this option.

               If not set, the default for this is 'Feature' which means that
               all sound, video and subtitle tracks which are found will
               default to a title of 'Feature' to indicate that they are part
               of the main feature presentation.



perl v5.10.1                      2011-01-27                        AUTOMKV(1)
