# Install mpegdemux with Homebrew, apt

MPEG1/2 system stream demultiplexer. Version 0.1.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mpegdemux
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mpegdemux
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install mpegdemux
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mpegdemux from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mpegdemux
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mpegdemux>
- **Version:** 0.1.5
- **Source summary:** MPEG1/2 system stream demultiplexer
- **Homepage:** <http://www.hampa.ch/mpegdemux/>
- **Upstream docs:** <http://www.hampa.ch/mpegdemux>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mpegdemux/mpegdemux_0.1.5.orig.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- mpegdemux (cli)
- mpegdemux (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.1.5
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: http://www.hampa.ch/mpegdemux/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

mpegdemux is a small MPEG-1/MPEG-2 system stream demultiplexer by Hampa Hug. Its documented purpose is to inspect an MPEG system stream and extract elementary streams. The Ubuntu man page describes four modes: scan for streams, list stream contents in text form, demux selected elementary streams, and remux while preserving the system-stream structure except for removed streams.

### How it is used

Its package-manager niche is an old-school command-line media utility rather than a full transcoder. Debian classifies it as a command-line utility for converting that works with audio and video, and lists similar packages such as mpgtx, vamps, libmpeg3, VLC, and streamripper. Homebrew carries it as a tiny GPL-licensed formula, useful when someone needs this specific MPEG systems-stream operation instead of a larger multimedia suite.

### Sources

- <http://www.hampa.ch/mpegdemux/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mpegdemux>
- <https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/noble/man1/mpegdemux.1.html>
- <https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/i386/mpegdemux>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mpegdemux
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - mpegdemux - 0.1.5-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mpegdemux from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MPEG1/2 system stream demultiplexer | http://www.hampa.ch/mpegdemux/
- Ubuntu apt - mpegdemux - 0.1.5-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpegdemux from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MPEG1/2 system stream demultiplexer | http://www.hampa.ch/mpegdemux/


## Related links

- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow 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.
- [mpgtx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpgtx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpeg, video.
- [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, video.
- [ffmpeg-full](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg-full/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, video.
- [mjpegtools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mjpegtools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video.
- [smpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/smpeg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video.
- [smpeg2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/smpeg2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video.
- [tivodecode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tivodecode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video.
- [bento4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bento4/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mpegdemux.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mpegdemux.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