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.TH THEORACOMMENT 1 "June 8, 2007" "Xiph.org Foundation" "Theora Tools"

.SH NAME
theoracomment \- List or edit comments in Ogg Theora files

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B theoracomment
.RB [ -l ]
.I file.ogg
.br
.B theoracomment
.B -a
.B [ -c commentfile | -t \*(lqname=value\*(rq ]
.RB [ -q ]
.I in.ogg
.I [out.ogg]
.br
.B theoracomment
.B -w
.B [ -c commentfile | -t \*(lqname=value\*(rq ]
.RB [ -q ]
.I in.ogg
.I [out.ogg]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B theoracomment
Reads, modifies, and appends Ogg Theora audio file metadata tags.

.SH OPTIONS
.IP "-a, --append"
Append comments.
.IP "-c file, --commentfile file"
Take comments from a file. The file is the same format as is output by the the -l option: one element per line in 'name=value' format.
.IP "-h, --help"
Show command help.
.IP "-l, --list"
List the comments in the ogg theora file.
.IP "-q, --quiet"
Quiet mode.  No messages are displayed.
.IP "-t 'name=value', --tag 'name=value'"
Specify a new tag on the command line. Each tag is given as a single string. The part before the '=' is treated as the tag name and the part after as the value.
.IP "-w, --write"
Replace comments with the new set given either on the command line with -t or from a file with -c.
.IP "-R, --raw"
Read and write comments in UTF-8, rather than converting to the user's character set.
.IP "-V, --version"
Display the version of theoracomment.

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.SH EXAMPLES

To just see what comment tags are in a file:

    theoracomment -l file.ogg

To edit those comments:

    theoracomment -l file.ogg > file.txt
    [edit the comments in file.txt to your satisfaction]
    theoracomment -w -c file.txt file.ogg newfile.ogg

To simply add a comment:

    theoracomment -a -t 'ARTIST=No One You Know' file.ogg newfile.ogg

.SH TAG FORMAT

See http://xiph.org/ogg/theora/doc/v-comment.html for documentation on the Ogg Theora tag format, including a suggested list of canonical tag names.

.SH AUTHORS

.TP
Program Authors:
.br
Daniel Kraft <d@domob.eu>
.br

.TP
Manpage Author:
.br
Daniel Kraft <d@domob.eu>

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP
\fBtheoraenc\fR(1)