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Accessing Help from the command line

Help is available from the command line. The command-line help is intended for quick reference and does not include all of the information provided by this help document. The following table lists the commands you can use and descriptions for each of them. Precede all commands with wm8eutil.

-a_default?

Lists the default values for each of the optional audio parameters.

-a_example?

Displays sample commands for encoding audio-only files.

-all?

Describes all command-line options.

-audio?

Lists all of the possible audio settings.

-av_example? 

Displays sample commands for encoding files that contain both audio and video.

-cont_desc?

Displays each of the content description parameters and explains how to use them. These parameters include –title, -author, -copyright, -description, and -rating.

-default?

Lists the default values for each of the optional audio and video parameters.

-d_example?  

Displays sample commands for encoding all files within a directory.

-example?

Displays sample commands for encoding various types of content.

-help?

Displays this compiled help file.

-io?

Describes all of the input and output options, including –input, -output, -ouputstring, -time, -silent, -config, and –s_config.

-profile?

Lists all of the available profiles by number and includes basic descriptions.

-profileall?

Lists the details for all profiles, including codecs, bit rate, frame rate, image quality, buffer, key frame, and video size.

-profile_profilename?

Displays the details of the profile that you specify. Replace profilename with the number of the profile that you want to see.

-v_default?

Lists the default values for each of the optional video parameters.

-video?

Displays the details of each available video setting, such as –v_codec, -v_width, -v_height, -v_framerate, and so on.

-v_example?

Displays sample commands for encoding video-only files.


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