GAVF-DECODE(1)

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💖 GAVF-DECODE(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the gavf-decode manual page — it lives in the User Manuals section and it's lowkey iconic 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

gavf-decode — open media locations and output a gavf stream 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gavf-decode [options]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

it's a gavf decoder. that's the whole vibe, no cap 💖

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -i <location> — set the input file or location 📂
  • -p <plugin> — pick which input file plugin to use 🔌
  • -t <track> — the track, and heads up, tracks start at 1 not 0 🙈
  • -seek <seconds> — seek to a position, in seconds ⏩
  • -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) 📝
  • -os <stream_selector> — a comma separated list of characters: d (decode), m (mute) or c (read compressed) 💾
  • -o <output> — output file or location 📤
  • -m name=value — set global metadata of the output (and yes, you can use it multiple times, go off). use "name=" to clear a field 🏷️
  • -oopt param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — options, and here's the whole menu:
    • shm=<number> (default: 1024)

SHM threshold. this picks the minimum packet size for using shared memory for a stream. non-positive values disable shared memory completely 🧠

  • to=<number> (500..100000, default: 5000)

timeout, in milliseconds ⏱️

  • dp=[1|0] (default: 0)

dump gavf packets. use this for debugging 🐛

🌈 GENERIC OPTIONS 🌈

these generic options are available for all gmerlin applications, periodt ✨

  • -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 under the specified name 🗂️
  • -stderr — always log to stderr 🖥️

🍓 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 🔧

ngl bestie, the plugin registry cache in ~/.gmerlin/plugins.xml is shared by every app, so don't go rogue-editing it 🙈

and that's the whole page, you ate it 💅 from the gmerlin era, dated 2025-09-26, and this manual page came to you from the Gmerlin source, version and all 🌸 mwah, go decode something gorgeous 🫶✨

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