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Install mpgtx with Homebrew, MacPorts, pacman, apt

Toolbox to manipulate MPEG files. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with ubuntu: sudo apt install mpgtx.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mpgtx

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mpgtx

MacPorts ports tree · multimedia/mpgtx/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Toolbox to manipulate MPEG files

Commands and aliases

  • mpgcat
  • mpgdemux
  • mpginfo
  • mpgjoin
  • mpgsplit
  • mpgtx
  • tagmp3

history

Project history and usage

mpgtx is Laurent Alacoque's GPL command-line toolbox for manipulating MPEG audio, video, and system files. The project homepage presents it in Unix-tool style: a program meant to do a small set of MPEG operations from the shell, including splitting, joining, demultiplexing, inspecting MPEG streams, and editing ID3 tags on MP3 files.

Project history

The early project history is preserved in the homepage news log. Version 1.0 was announced as the first stable release on July 23, 2001. Version 1.1 added support for files larger than 2 GB, and version 1.3 in August 2002 brought major improvements such as MPEG-2 support and more playable chunks from MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 splits. A 2004 note describes Debian packager Erik Schanze helping revive maintenance after a long quiet period.

How it is used

In practice mpgtx is used less like a media player and more like a repair-and-surgery tool for older MPEG assets: split a large MPEG file, concatenate streams, demux transport/program streams into elementary audio and video files, or batch-edit ID3v1 tags. Its limitation is also part of its identity: it is GOP-based, so video cuts happen at group-of-picture boundaries rather than exact frames.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mpgcatexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
mpgdemuxexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
mpginfoexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
mpgjoinexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
mpgsplitexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
mpgtxexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
tagmp3executableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.3.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mpgtx
Version1.3.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://mpgtx.sourceforge.net/
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Ubuntu apt95%

mpgtx 1.3.1-6build2

toolbox to manipulate MPEG files (video, system, and audio)

http://mpgtx.sourceforge.net/

sudo apt install mpgtx
  • Section: universe/sound
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mpgtx
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpgtx from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
pacman95%

mpgtx 1.3.1-8

A command line MPEG audio/video/system toolkit

http://mpgtx.sourceforge.net

sudo pacman -S mpgtx
  • License: GPL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mpgtx
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: mpgtx from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

mpgtx

sudo port install mpgtx
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mpgtx
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/mpgtx/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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