# Install lsdvd with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Read the content info of a DVD. Version 0.21 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:lsdvd ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install lsdvd ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install lsdvd ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/lsdvd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add lsdvd ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsdvd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install lsdvd ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: lsdvd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install lsdvd ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lsdvd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#lsdvd ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ls/lsdvd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S lsdvd ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: lsdvd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install lsdvd ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lsdvd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:lsdvd - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.21 - **Source summary:** Read the content info of a DVD - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:31:48-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - lsdvd (cli) - lsdvd (alias) ## Dependencies - libdvdcss - libdvdread - libxml2 ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.21 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage lsdvd is a small console utility for reading DVD-Video metadata and printing it in machine- or human-readable forms. Its official SourceForge summary describes it as a DVD content inspector that reports video tracks, audio tracks, subtitles, and related title information. ### Project history The project was registered on SourceForge on 2005-03-13 and has long lived in the ecosystem around libdvdread and command-line DVD tooling. The current SourceForge Git tree identifies Steve Dibb and Petter Reinholdtsen among project maintainers and shows a modernized Autotools-based source layout. The historical SourceForge file area preserves early releases such as 0.10, 0.15, and 0.16, with a 0.17 tarball published in 2014. The current Git tree shows later development continuing through the 0.21 release marker in 2025, including README updates, XML output changes, JSON output, and test-suite work. ### Adoption history lsdvd became a useful packaging target because it exposes DVD structure without a GUI and can feed other scripts. The supplied package facts list it in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, Alpine, Arch, openSUSE/Zypper, MacPorts, and Nix, which is broad adoption for a narrow media-inspection utility. ### How it is used The README says lsdvd reads information from a DVD and can output human-readable, JSON, Perl, Python, Ruby, and XML formats. Typical package-manager usage is installing the binary and running it against a mounted or inserted DVD, or calling it from scripts that need title, track, subtitle, and language metadata before ripping, transcoding, or cataloging. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, lsdvd is a classic Unix-style media helper: small C source, GPL-2.0 licensing, libdvdread/libxml dependencies, and a stable CLI niche. It matters less as a flashy application than as one of the plumbing commands that made optical-media workflows scriptable. ### Timeline - 2005: Project registered on SourceForge. - 2006: SourceForge file area shows the 0.16 release folder. - 2014: SourceForge files show 0.10, 0.15, 0.16, and 0.17 tarballs published or republished. - 2025: Git tree marks the 0.21 release and shows continued maintenance. ### Related projects - Related tools include libdvdread, which lsdvd uses to inspect DVD metadata, and command-line DVD/transcoding tools that consume title and stream information. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** lsdvd - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - lsdvd - 0.20-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lsdvd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | read the content info of a DVD | http://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/ - Nix - lsdvd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ls/lsdvd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - lsdvd - 0.17-1build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lsdvd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | read the content info of a DVD | http://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/ - apk - lsdvd - 0.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsdvd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Console application that displays the content of a DVD | https://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/ - apk - lsdvd-doc - 0.17-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsdvd-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Console application that displays the content of a DVD (documentation) | https://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/ - dnf - lsdvd - 0.17-26.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lsdvd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Small application for listing the contents of DVDs | http://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/ - pacman - lsdvd - 0.21-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: lsdvd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Console application that displays the content of a DVD | https://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/ - zypper - lsdvd - 0.21-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lsdvd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A ls for video DVDs | https://sourceforge.net/projects/lsdvd/ - MacPorts - lsdvd: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/lsdvd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [libxml2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxml2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [hdr10plus_tool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hdr10plus-tool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, metadata, video. - [bento4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bento4/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [ccextractor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccextractor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [dovi_tool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dovi-tool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, metadata, video. - [dvanalyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvanalyzer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [dvr-scan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvr-scan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [ffmpeg-full](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg-full/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [dvdauthor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvdauthor/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, dvd, libdvdread, media, video. - [dirac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dirac/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, media, video. - [dvdbackup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvdbackup/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, dvd, libdvdread, media, video. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lsdvd.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/lsdvd.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph