install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install mpck

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Check MP3 files for errors

Project links

Commands and aliases

mpck

history

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

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.

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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mpck`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version0.21

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://checkmate.gissen.nl/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://checkmate.gissen.nl/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mpck
Version	0.21
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mpck
Homepage	https://checkmate.gissen.nl/
Repository	https://github.com/Sjord/checkmate
Upstream docs	https://checkmate.gissen.nl/documentation.php
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://checkmate.gissen.nl/checkmate-0.21.tar.gz
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mpck
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mpck.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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