GAVF-FILTER(1)

💖 GAVF-FILTER 💖

okay so like, this is the manual page for gavf-filter from the User Manuals section, and bestie, it's a whole vibe. grab a snack 🍓, we're going in.

✨ NAME ✨

gavf-filter — Gavf A/V filter. iconic name, iconic job. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gavf-filter [options]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

gavf filter. that's it. that's the whole description, fr fr — the original really said that and dipped 😭. it's giving minimalism, and honestly? slay. 🎀

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -i <input_file> — the input file or location, your source material bestie 💖
• -iopt param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — input options, chain them up with & like a little friendship bracelet 🫶
  • dh=[1|0] (default: 0) — Dump gavf headers. use this for debugging 🔍
  • dp=[1|0] (default: 0) — Dump gavf packets. use this for debugging 🔍
  • dm=[1|0] (default: 0) — Dump inline metadata. use this for debugging 🔍
  • to=<number> (500..100000, default: 5000) — Timeout, in milliseconds ⏱️
  • nomsg=[1|0] (default: 0) — No messages. don't even try to make a back-channel for messages — though heads up, forward messages might still get sent anyway. 💀
• -aq param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — Audio conversion options 🎧
  • q=<number> (1..5, default: 2) — Conversion Quality. sets the conversion quality for format conversions, and lower quality means more speed. values above 3 enable slow high quality calculations — so like, patience required, bestie 🐌✨
  • sm=<string> — Resample mode. supported strings: auto zoh linear sinc_fast sinc_medium sinc_best. Default: auto. and auto means to use the quality level. the subsequent options are ordered by increasing quality (i.e. decreasing speed) — fancy, right? 💅
  • dm=<string> — Dither mode. supported strings: auto none rect tri shaped. Default: auto. auto means to use the quality level, and again the subsequent options are ordered by increasing quality (i.e. decreasing speed). ✨
• -vq param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — Video conversion options 📹
  • q=<number> (1..5, default: 2) — Conversion Quality. sets the conversion quality for format conversions; lower quality means more speed. values above 3 enable slow high quality calculations 🐌✨
  • sm=<string> — Resample mode. supported strings: auto zoh linear sinc_fast sinc_medium sinc_best. Default: auto. auto means to use the quality level, and the subsequent options are ordered by increasing quality (i.e. decreasing speed). 💅
  • dm=<string> — Dither mode. supported strings: auto none rect tri shaped. Default: auto. auto means to use the quality level, and the subsequent options are ordered by increasing quality (i.e. decreasing speed). ✨
• -as <stream_selector> — a comma separated list of characters: d (decode), m (mute) or c (read compressed) 🎀
• -vs <stream_selector> — a comma separated list of characters: d (decode), m (mute) or c (read compressed) 🎀
• -ts <stream_selector> — a comma separated list of characters: m (mute) or c (read) — note this one has no d, that's not me being lazy, that's the actual list 👀
• -os <stream_selector> — a comma separated list of characters: d (decode), m (mute) or c (read compressed) 🎀
• -af param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — Audio compression options 🔊
  • f={option[{suboptions}][:option[{suboptions}]...]} — Supported options:
  • Audio Filters 🎛️
• -vf param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — Video compression options 🎬
  • f={option[{suboptions}][:option[{suboptions}]...]} — Supported options:
  • Video Filters 🎛️
• -o <output> — the output file or location, where the magic lands 💫
• -m name=value — set global metadata of the output. can be used multiple times, so go off 👑. use "name=" to clear a field 🧹
• -oopt param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — options for the output 🔧
  • shm=<number> (default: 1024) — SHM threshold. selects the minimum packet size for using shared memory for a stream. non-positive values disable shared memory completely — so like, 0 and below means no shared memory at all, periodt. 🚫
  • to=<number> (500..100000, default: 5000) — Timeout, in milliseconds ⏱️
  • dp=[1|0] (default: 0) — Dump gavf packets. use this for debugging 🔍

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✨ GENERIC OPTIONS ✨

the following generic options are available for all gmerlin applications, so they're basically universal besties 🌈

• -help — Print this help message and exit 📖
• -help-man — Print this help message as a manual page and exit 📜
• -help-texi — Print this help message in texinfo format and exit 📝
• -version — Print version info and exit 🏷️
• -v level — Set verbosity level (0..4) 🔉
• -syslog name — Log to syslog the specified name 🪵
• -stderr — Always log to stderr 🖥️

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✨ FILES ✨

• ~/.gmerlin/plugins.xml — Cache of the plugin registry (shared by all applications) 🗂️
• ~/.gmerlin/generic/cfg.xml — Default plugin parameters are read from there. use gmerlin_plugincfg to change them 🔧

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋 this one came to you courtesy of Gmerlin, dated 2025-09-26 — so go forth, filter your A/V, and stay iconic 💅💖✨