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Usage

Usage: convertool [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Convert files either by themselves or by following the instructions in a
  digiarch database.

Options:
  --version  Show the version and exit.
  --help     Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  digiarch    Convert files from digiarch
  standalone  Convert single files.

convertool digiarch

Usage: convertool digiarch [OPTIONS] AVID_DIR
                           {original:master|master:access|master:statutory}
                           [QUERY]

  Convert files contained in a digiarch database.

  To convert original files to master files, use the "original:master" TARGET.

  To convert master files to access files, use the "master:access" TARGET.

  To convert master files to statutory files, use the "master:statutory"
  TARGET.

  The QUERY argument allows to restrict which files will be converted. For
  details on its usage see the "digiarch edit" command.

  To restrict the tools that should be used for conversion, use the --tool-
  ignore and --tool-include options. The former will skip files whose tools
  are in the list, the second will skip files whose tools are not in the list.

  Use the --timeout option to override the converters' timeout, set to 0 to
  disable timeouts altogether.

  Use the --verbose option to print the standard output from the converters.
  The output (standard or error) is always printed in case of an error.

  Use the --dry-run option to list files that would be converted without
  performing any action.

Options:
  --tool-ignore TOOL   Exclude specific tools.  [multiple]
  --tool-include TOOL  Include only specific tools.  [multiple]
  --timeout SECONDS    Override converters' timeout.  [x>=0]
  --dry-run            Show changes without committing them.
  --verbose            Show all outputs from converters.
  --help               Show this message and exit.

convertool standalone

Usage: convertool standalone [OPTIONS] TOOL OUTPUT DESTINATION FILE...

  Convert FILEs to OUTPUT with the given TOOL.

  The converted FILEs will be placed in the DESTINATION directory. To maintain
  the relative paths of the files, use the --root option to set their common
  parent directory.

  To pass options to the given converter tool, use the --option option with a
  KEY and VALUE. Values can only be strings.

  Use the --timeout option to override the converters' timeout, set to 0 to
  disable timeouts altogether.

  Use the --verbose option to print the standard output from the converters.
  The output (standard or error) is always printed in case of an error.

Options:
  -o, --option <KEY VALUE>  Pass options to the converter.
  --timeout SECONDS         Override converters' timeout.  [x>=0]
  --verbose                 Show all outputs from converters.
  --root DIRECTORY          Set a root for the given files to keep the
                            relative paths in the output.
  --help                    Show this message and exit.

Tools

Tool Output Explanation Extension
audio flac .flac
audio mp3 .mp3
audio wav .wav
cad / emf dxf .dxf
cad / emf jp2 .jp2
cad / emf jpeg .jpg
cad / emf jpg .jpg
cad / emf pdf .pdf
cad / emf png .png
cad / emf svg .svg
cad / emf tif .tif
cad / emf tiff .tif
copy copy .copy
document html .html
document jp2 .jp2
document jpeg .jpg
document jpg .jpg
document odt .odt
document pdf .pdf
document png .png
document tif .tif
document tiff .tif
eml html .html
eml jp2 .jp2
eml jpeg .jpg
eml jpg .jpg
eml pdf .pdf
eml png .png
eml tif .tif
eml tiff .tif
eml txt .txt
gis geojson .geojson
gis gml .gml
gis gml3 .gml3
gis shp .shp
html / browser jp2 .jp2
html / browser jpeg .jpg
html / browser jpg .jpg
html / browser pdf .pdf
html / browser png .png
html / browser tif .tif
html / browser tiff .tif
image jp2 .jp2
image jpeg .jpg
image jpg .jpg
image png .png
image tif .tif
image tiff .tif
ipynb html .html
ipynb jp2 .jp2
ipynb jpeg .jpg
ipynb jpg .jpg
ipynb pdf .pdf
ipynb png .png
ipynb tif .tif
ipynb tiff .tif
mdi pdf .pdf
mdi tif .tif
mdi tiff .tif
medcom html .html
medcom jp2 .jp2
medcom jpeg .jpg
medcom jpg .jpg
medcom pdf .pdf
medcom png .png
medcom tif .tif
medcom tiff .tif
msexcel html .html
msexcel ods .ods
msexcel pdf .pdf
msg html .html
msg jp2 .jp2
msg jpeg .jpg
msg jpg .jpg
msg pdf .pdf
msg png .png
msg tif .tif
msg tiff .tif
msg txt .txt
mspowerpoint odp .odp
mspowerpoint pdf .pdf
msword odt .odt
msword pdf .pdf
msword pdfa Convert PDF to PDF/A .pdf
pdf jp2 .jp2
pdf jpeg .jpg
pdf jpg .jpg
pdf pdfa-1 Convert PDF to PDF/A-1b .pdf
pdf pdfa-2 Convert PDF to PDF/A-2b .pdf
pdf pdfa-3 Convert PDF to PDF/A-3b .pdf
pdf png .png
pdf tif .tif
pdf tiff .tif
presentation html .html
presentation odp .odp
presentation pdf .pdf
sas csv .csv
sas html .html
sas ods .ods
sas pdf .pdf
sas tsv .tsv
spreadsheet html .html
spreadsheet ods .ods
spreadsheet pdf .pdf
symphovert odp Convert Lotus files using IBM Symphony .odp
symphovert ods Convert Lotus files using IBM Symphony .ods
symphovert odt Convert Lotus files using IBM Symphony .odt
template corrupted .txt
template duplicate .txt
template empty .txt
template extracted-archive .txt
template not-convertable .txt
template not-preservable .txt
template password-protected .txt
template temporary-file .txt
template text .txt
template unidentified .txt
text txt Convert text file txt with UTF-8 encoding and x-fmt/111 as PUID .txt
text / text-to-image jp2 .jp2
text / text-to-image jpeg .jpg
text / text-to-image jpg .jpg
text / text-to-image png .png
text / text-to-image tif .tif
text / text-to-image tiff .tif
tnef html .html
tnef txt .txt
video h264 Convert video to MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio) .mp4
video h264-mpg Convert video to MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio) with mpg extension .mpg
video h265 Convert video to MP4 (H.265 video, AAC audio) .mp4
video mpeg Convert video to MPEG2 (MPEG2 video, MP3 audio) .mpg
xslt html .html
xslt jp2 .jp2
xslt jpeg .jpg
xslt jpg .jpg
xslt pdf .pdf
xslt png .png
xslt tif .tif
xslt tiff .tif
xslt xml .xml
zipfile - Extract a specific file from a ZIP container. -

Dependencies

Tool Output OS Program
audio flac ffmpeg
audio mp3 ffmpeg
audio wav ffmpeg
cad / emf dxf Windows abviewer
cad / emf jp2 Windows abviewer, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
cad / emf jpeg Windows abviewer, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
cad / emf jpg Windows abviewer, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
cad / emf pdf Windows abviewer
cad / emf png Windows abviewer, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
cad / emf svg Windows abviewer
cad / emf tif Windows abviewer, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
cad / emf tiff Windows abviewer, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
document html libreoffice
document jp2 imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
document jpeg imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
document jpg imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
document odt libreoffice
document pdf libreoffice
document png imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
document tif imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
document tiff imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
eml html
eml jp2 chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
eml jpeg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
eml jpg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
eml pdf chromium
eml png chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
eml tif chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
eml tiff chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
gis geojson Linux ogr2ogr
gis gml Linux ogr2ogr
gis gml3 Linux ogr2ogr
gis shp Linux ogr2ogr
html / browser jp2 chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
html / browser jpeg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
html / browser jpg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
html / browser pdf chromium
html / browser png chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
html / browser tif chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
html / browser tiff chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
image jp2 imagemagick, nconvert
image jpeg imagemagick, nconvert
image jpg imagemagick, nconvert
image png imagemagick, nconvert
image tif imagemagick, nconvert
image tiff imagemagick, nconvert
ipynb jp2 chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
ipynb jpeg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
ipynb jpg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
ipynb pdf chromium
ipynb png chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
ipynb tif chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
ipynb tiff chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
mdi pdf Windows imagemagick, mdi2tif, nconvert
mdi tif Windows mdi2tif
mdi tiff Windows mdi2tif
medcom html xmlstarlet
medcom jp2 chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
medcom jpeg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
medcom jpg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
medcom pdf chromium, xmlstarlet
medcom png chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
medcom tif chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
medcom tiff chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
msexcel html Windows docto
msexcel ods Windows docto
msexcel pdf Windows docto
msg jp2 imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
msg jpeg imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
msg jpg imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
msg pdf imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
msg png imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
msg tif imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
msg tiff imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
mspowerpoint odp Windows docto
mspowerpoint pdf Windows docto
msword odt Windows docto
msword pdf Windows docto
msword pdfa Windows docto
pdf jp2 imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
pdf jpeg imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
pdf jpg imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
pdf pdfa-1 ghostscript
pdf pdfa-2 ghostscript
pdf pdfa-3 ghostscript
pdf png imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
pdf tif imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
pdf tiff imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
presentation html libreoffice
presentation odp libreoffice
presentation pdf libreoffice
sas html libreoffice
sas ods libreoffice
sas pdf libreoffice
spreadsheet html libreoffice
spreadsheet ods libreoffice
spreadsheet pdf libreoffice
symphovert odp Windows symphony
symphovert ods Windows symphony
symphovert odt Windows symphony
text / text-to-image jp2 imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
text / text-to-image jpeg imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
text / text-to-image jpg imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
text / text-to-image png imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
text / text-to-image tif imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
text / text-to-image tiff imagemagick, libreoffice, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp
video h264 ffmpeg
video h264-mpg ffmpeg
video h265 ffmpeg
video mpeg2 ffmpeg
xslt html xmlstarlet
xslt jp2 chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
xslt jpeg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
xslt jpg chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
xslt pdf chromium, xmlstarlet
xslt png chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
xslt tif chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
xslt tiff chromium, imagemagick, nconvert, pdftoppm, tiffcp, xmlstarlet
xslt xml xmlstarlet