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py-knowit Know better your media files
0.5.11 multimedia Σ=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 0.5.11Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: eduardo@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-04-30 15:24:08
Last Update: 2026-09-16 18:47:43
Commit Hash: 16296e7
Also Listed In: python
License: MIT
WWW:
https://github.com/ratoaq2/knowit
Description: #
KnowIt can use MediaInfo, ffprobe (FFmpeg) or mkvmerge (MKVToolNix) It supports MKV regardless if MediaInfo, FFmpeg or MKVToolNix are installed.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port
Manual pages: #
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
There is no configure plist information for this port.
USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}knowit>0:multimedia/py-knowit@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/py-knowit/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/py-knowit
  • pkg install py312-knowit
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py312-knowit listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py312-knowit
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>) #
  • py312: py312-knowit
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1753883263 SHA256 (knowit-0.5.11.tar.gz) = 9045d6640b1bd00fcc49f2f7e81992cdc6c7279767db199d7f3b63e2f5007b58 SIZE (knowit-0.5.11.tar.gz) = 59398
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
py311-knowit
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest---0.5.11-
FreeBSD:14:quarterly---0.5.6-
FreeBSD:15:latest--n/a0.5.11n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest--n/a-n/a
 

py312-knowit
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest0.5.110.5.11--0.5.11
FreeBSD:14:quarterly0.5.110.5.11--0.5.11
FreeBSD:15:latest0.5.110.5.11n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly0.5.110.5.11n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest0.5.110.5.11n/a-n/a
 

Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. py312-setuptools>0 : devel/py-setuptools@py312
  2. py312-poetry-core>0 : devel/py-poetry-core@py312
  3. py312-wheel>0 : devel/py-wheel@py312
  4. python3.12 : lang/python312
  5. py312-build>=0 : devel/py-build@py312
  6. py312-installer>=0 : devel/py-installer@py312
Test dependencies: #
  1. py312-pint>=0.20.1 : devel/py-pint@py312
  2. py312-requests>=2.28.1 : www/py-requests@py312
  3. mkvtoolnix>0 : multimedia/mkvtoolnix
  4. py312-pytest>=7,1 : devel/py-pytest@py312
  5. python3.12 : lang/python312
Runtime dependencies: #
  1. py312-babelfish>0 : devel/py-babelfish@py312
  2. py312-enzyme>0 : multimedia/py-enzyme@py312
  3. py312-pymediainfo>0 : multimedia/py-pymediainfo@py312
  4. py312-pyyaml>0 : devel/py-pyyaml@py312
  5. py312-trakit>0 : multimedia/py-trakit@py312
  6. python3.12 : lang/python312
This port is required by: #
for Run #
  1. multimedia/py-subliminal
for Test #
  1. multimedia/py-subliminal
Configuration Options: #
No options to configure
Options name: #
multimedia_py-knowit
USES: #
python
pkg-message: #
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites: #
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Number of commits found: 4 #

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
0.5.11
16 Sep 2026 18:47:43
commit hash: 16296e75edb12895a54aff589a493092214045a9commit hash: 16296e75edb12895a54aff589a493092214045a9commit hash: 16296e75edb12895a54aff589a493092214045a9commit hash: 16296e75edb12895a54aff589a493092214045a9 files touched by this commit		 Nuno Teixeira (eduardo) search for other commits by this committer 
multimedia/py-knowit: Fix test depends version check

Remove upper version limit on test dependency devel/py-pint
0.5.11
30 Jul 2025 13:51:14
commit hash: adb30b0799c128baa7793dc62327df003568f206commit hash: adb30b0799c128baa7793dc62327df003568f206commit hash: adb30b0799c128baa7793dc62327df003568f206commit hash: adb30b0799c128baa7793dc62327df003568f206 files touched by this commit		 Nuno Teixeira (eduardo) search for other commits by this committer 
multimedia/py-knowit: Update to 0.5.11

ChangeLog: https://github.com/ratoaq2/knowit/releases/tag/0.5.11
0.5.10
28 Jul 2025 22:56:27
commit hash: e9268082d0b07757fb327853326c03c07bdc1210commit hash: e9268082d0b07757fb327853326c03c07bdc1210commit hash: e9268082d0b07757fb327853326c03c07bdc1210commit hash: e9268082d0b07757fb327853326c03c07bdc1210 files touched by this commit		 Nuno Teixeira (eduardo) search for other commits by this committer 
multimedia/py-knowit: Update to 0.5.10

- Switch MASTER_SITES to PyPI

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/ratoaq2/knowit/releases/tag/0.5.10
		https://github.com/ratoaq2/knowit/releases/tag/0.5.9
		https://github.com/ratoaq2/knowit/releases/tag/0.5.8
		https://github.com/ratoaq2/knowit/releases/tag/0.5.7
0.5.6
30 Apr 2025 15:21:07
commit hash: 20cb5c8f9bff96e6773b30471e79a0f3ba395eddcommit hash: 20cb5c8f9bff96e6773b30471e79a0f3ba395eddcommit hash: 20cb5c8f9bff96e6773b30471e79a0f3ba395eddcommit hash: 20cb5c8f9bff96e6773b30471e79a0f3ba395edd files touched by this commit		 Nuno Teixeira (eduardo) search for other commits by this committer 
multimedia/py-knowit: New port: Know better your media files

KnowIt can use MediaInfo, ffprobe (FFmpeg) or mkvmerge (MKVToolNix)
It supports MKV regardless if MediaInfo, FFmpeg or MKVToolNix are installed.

WWW: https://github.com/ratoaq2/knowit

This port is a dependency of multimedia/py-subliminal port update (wip).

Number of commits found: 4

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