The Command Line Interface

Usage

$ DuME [options] [input_files...]

Options

  --hide_console                Hides the console when showing the UI.
  --color_profiles              List all available color profiles
  --port <port>                 The port the Daemon will listen to. The default
                                value is set in the settings of the application.
  --filter_presets              List all available filter presets
  -f, --framerate, --fps <fps>  Set and override all input framerates for
                                supported input nodes.
  --hide_banner                 Suppress printing banner.
  -l, --log_level <loglevel>    Set logging level. One of:
                                debug|information|warning|error.
  -m, --meta <meta1.json...>    A list of JSON files separated by ";", one for
                                each input file, containing the metadata for the
                                file. Use this to setup Blender or After Effects
                                projects.
  --multi                       Allows running multiple DuME instances at once.
  -n, --no_ui                   Just start the daemon without user interface.
  -o, --output <output_file>    Sepcify an output media file.
  --output_presets              List all available output presets
  -p, --preset <output_preset>  Set the output preset to use.
  --presets                     List all available presets
  --reinit                      Reset all the settings to their default values.
  -r, --render                  Launch the job.
  --replace <id://input_file>   Replace the placeholder 'id' with a file input node.
  -q, --quit                    Quit when the rendering process has finished.
  -?, -h, --help                Displays help on commandline options.
  --help-all                    Displays help including Qt specific options.
  -v, --version                 Displays version information.

Arguments

  input_files                         A DuME graph to open, or media files to import

Examples

Using an input file called input.mkv:

• Create a graph, connecting the input to a default output: DuME "input.mkv"
• Transcode it using the default output preset to input_transcoded.mp4: DuME --render "input.mkv"
• Transcode it to output.mp4: DuME --render --output "output.mp4" "input.mkv"
• Select a specific preset to transcode it: DuME --render --output "output.mp4" --preset "MP4 HQ" "input.mkv"
• Load a graph, replace the placeholder with the ID “InputPH” with the input file, then render: DuME --render --replace "InputPH://input.mkv" "niceGraph.dume"

To use an image sequence as input, just set one of the files from the sequence:

• DuME --render "input_00001.png

To merge an audio file and an image sequence into a media file (assuming the default output preset is set to an audio/video container like MP4)

• DuME --render "input_0001.png" "input.wav"
• Or set a specific output preset: DuME --render --preset "MP4 HQ" "input_0001.png" "input.wav"