# Install mpck with Homebrew

Check MP3 files for errors. Version 0.21 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mpck
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mpck
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mpck
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.21
- **Source summary:** Check MP3 files for errors
- **Homepage:** <https://checkmate.gissen.nl/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mpck (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.21
## Project history and usage

mpck is the command-line half of Checkmate MP3 Checker, a GPL-licensed utility associated with Sjoerd Langkemper's Sjord/checkmate project. Checkmate scans MP3 files for structural errors: whether frames are in the expected places, whether frame headers are correct, and whether those headers remain consistent through the file. The project ships both a Windows Explorer-like graphical program and mpck, the cross-platform command-line program for Windows, Linux, and Unix-like systems.

### How it is used

The changelog shows a long incremental history rather than a broad ecosystem story: the early releases added CRC handling, filename checks, Windows support, and the rename to mpck; later versions added XML output, mmap-based scanning for large files, recursive scanning fixes, files larger than 4 GB, APE tag support, and corrected exit codes. In practice, mpck is used as a validator for MP3 collections or ingestion pipelines, where a CLI that exits usefully and can report bad files is more convenient than a desktop checker.

### Sources

- <https://checkmate.gissen.nl/>
- <https://checkmate.gissen.nl/changelog.php>
- <https://checkmate.gissen.nl/documentation.php>
- <https://checkmate.gissen.nl/download.php>
- <https://github.com/Sjord/checkmate>
- <https://github.com/sjord>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mpck.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mpck.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph