deew 2.5.1

Dolby Encoding Engine Wrapper

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Dolby Encoding Engine Wrapper

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DDP encoding has never been so easy!

Description

• handles Dolby's XML input fuckery in the background, giving you a proper CLI interface
• converts inputs to rf64 which DEE can use
  • bit depth, number of channels and other infos are parsed from the source
• an XML file will be generated for each input based on the settings
• the script utilizes thread pooling for batch encoding (see config)
• supports WSL path conversion for the Win version of DEE (see config)
• in case of an invalid bitrate it will pick the closest allowed one
• automatic sample rate conversion using ffmpeg's soxr resampler in case of an unsupported sample rate
  • for dd/ddp unsupported rates will be converted to 48000
  • for thd unsupported rates will be converted to 48000 if source sample rate is lower than 72000, otherwise will be converted to 96000
• automatic channel swapping for 7.1 sources (DEE swaps Ls Rs with Lrs Rrs for some reason)
• automatic dialnorm setting
• automatically compensates for DEE's 256 sample delay (DD and DDP encoding)
• checks if intermediate file is already created so you can encode different formats/bitrates using a single intermediate file, for example:
  deew -f dd -b 448 -i input -k
deew -f dd -b 640 -i input -k
deew -f ddp -i input
• works even with video inputs (first audio will be selected)
• fancy terminal output using rich
• versatile delay option that supports ms, s and also frame@fps formats

Requirements

• Python (you don't need it if you use a standalone build of deew)
• ffmpeg
• ffprobe
• Dolby Encoding Engine

Dolby Encoding Engine installation

• install DEE (if you use macOS, install DME)
  • for TrueHD encoding support you need the Windows version
  • if you use WSL1 use the Windows version for better performance
  • if you use the Windows version of DEE under Linux (and not from WSL) / macOS install wine-binfmt
• place your license.lic file next to the DEE binary (dee.exe under Windows, dee under Linux/macOS)

deew installation

with standalone build (Windows/Linux):

• grab the latest build from: https://github.com/pcroland/deew/releases
• run with: deew
  (run the binary from terminal, doubleclicking it won't work)
• on the first run it will create a config file, choose where you want to keep it
• updating: grab the latest build from: https://github.com/pcroland/deew/releases

with Python environment (Windows/Linux/macOS):

• install Python and pip if you don't have it already
• run: pip install deew
• run with: deew
• on the first run it will create a config file
• updating: pip install deew --upgrade

Setup system PATH variable

If you don't want to use full paths for the binaries in your config or when you use them from CLI, I suggest to setup system PATH variables

Windows:

• open cmd.exe as administrator
• run: setx /m PATH "%PATH%;[location]" (replace [location] with the path where DEE and ffmpeg is)
• for example if you have DEE installed in C:\bin\dee and ffmpeg and ffprobe in C:\bin\ffmpeg, run these two commands:

setx /m PATH "%PATH%;C:\bin\dee"
setx /m PATH "%PATH%;C:\bin\ffmpeg"

Linux/macOS:

• in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc file put PATH="[location]:$PATH" (replace [location] with the path where DEE and ffmpeg is)
• for example if you have DEE installed in /usr/local/bin/dee and ffmpeg and ffprobe in /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg, put these two lines in your rc file:

PATH="/usr/local/bin/dee:$PATH"
PATH="/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg:$PATH"

Usage

❯ deew -h
deew 2.5.0

USAGE: deew [-h] [-v] [-i [INPUT ...]] [-o OUTPUT] [-f FORMAT] [-b BITRATE]
            [-dm DOWNMIX] [-d DELAY] [-drc DRC] [-dn DIALNORM] [-t THREADS] [-k]
            [-mo] [-fs] [-fb] [-lb] [-la] [-np] [-pl] [-cl] [-c] [-gc]

FLAGS:
  -h, --help                           show this help message.
  -v, --version                        show version.
  -i [INPUT ...], --input [INPUT ...]  audio file(s) or folder(s)
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT           output directory
                                       default: current directory
  -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT           dd / ddp / thd
                                       default: ddp
  -b BITRATE, --bitrate BITRATE        defaults: see config
  -dm DOWNMIX, --downmix DOWNMIX       1 / 2 / 6
                                       specifies downmix, only works for DD/DDP
                                       DD will be automatically downmixed to 5.1 in case of a 7.1 source
  -d DELAY, --delay DELAY              specifies delay as ms, s or frame@FPS
                                       FPS can be a number, division or ntsc / pal
                                       + / - can also be defined as p / m
                                       examples: -5.1ms, +1,52s, p5s, m5@pal, +10@24000/1001
                                       default: 0ms
  -drc DRC                             film_light / film_standard / music_light / music_standard / speech
                                       drc profile
                                       default: film_light
  -dn DIALNORM, --dialnorm DIALNORM    applied dialnorm value between -31 and 0
                                       0 means auto (DEE's measurement will be used)
                                       default: 0
  -t THREADS, --threads THREADS        number of threads to use, only works for batch encoding,
                                       individial encodes can't be parallelized
                                       default: all threads-1
  -k, --keeptemp                       keep temp files
  -mo, --measure-only                  kills DEE when the dialnorm gets written to the progress bar
                                       this option overwrites format with ddp
  -fs, --force-standard                force standard profile for 7.1 DDP encoding (384-1024 kbps)
  -fb, --force-bluray                  force bluray profile for 7.1 DDP encoding (768-1664 kbps)
  -lb, --list-bitrates                 list bitrates that DEE can do for DD and DDP encoding
  -la, --long-argument                 print ffmpeg and DEE arguments for each input
  -np, --no-prompt                     disables prompt
  -pl, --print-logos                   show all logo variants you can set in the config
  -cl, --changelog                     show changelog
  -c, --config                         show config and config location(s)
  -gc, --generate-config               generate a new config

Examples

deew -i *thd
encode DDP

deew -b 768 -i *flac
encode DDP@768

deew -dm 2 -f dd -b 192 -i *.ec3
encode DD@192 with stereo downmixing

deew -f dd -b 448 -t 4 -i S01
encode DD@448 using 4 threads (input is a folder)

deew -f thd -i *w64
encode TrueHD

deew -f dd -i *dts -k
deew -f ddp -i *dts
encode multiple formats/bitrates while creating the temp file only once

Discussion and Support

https://t.me/deew_support