DeeGUI (Dolby Encoder Engine GUI)

[tebasuna51]

I make a little GUI to use the Dolby Encoder Engine software.

Must be at same folder (...\DolbyEE) than dee.exe and need ffmpeg at same folder or in the system %PATH% (recommended).

The first step is convert/decode the source file in RF64 format (like dee.exe need) and can be used any format suported by ffmpeg.

Here is the DeeGUI.au3 than can be interpreted by Autoit3.exe or use the DeeGUI.exe from here

[Vicio]

Thank you very much for creating DeeGUI for the Dolby Encoder Engine. Your initiative will make the process much easier for users. Your effort in making DeeGUI.exe available shows a remarkable commitment. Your contribution is invaluable to the community.

PS. Are there plans for any version of Linux?

Greetings from Brazil.

[tebasuna51]

Originally Posted by Vicio

PS. Are there plans for any version of Linux?

Sorry, I haven't a pc with Linux installed now.

[pcroland]

Originally Posted by Vicio

Thank you very much for creating DeeGUI for the Dolby Encoder Engine. Your initiative will make the process much easier for users. Your effort in making DeeGUI.exe available shows a remarkable commitment. Your contribution is invaluable to the community.

PS. Are there plans for any version of Linux?

Greetings from Brazil.

deew works on Linux and MacOS aswell.

[Vicio]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

Sorry, I haven't a pc with Linux installed now.

Thanks for the answer, who knows, maybe one day there will be a GUI for Linux.
I will make a video tutorial about this GUI on my channel.

Originally Posted by pcroland

deew works on Linux and MacOS aswell.

Yes, I am aware and have it, but it works via the command line and you have to create *.bat for each audio format.
A GUI like the one tebasuna51 created for Windows would be very useful for the Linux crowd too.

Anyway thank you.

[tebasuna51]

Originally Posted by pcroland

deew works on Linux and MacOS aswell.

And thanks for it.

I make my GUI for windows without need phyton installed.

[j7n]

You can call dee.exe from the command-line. Choose an XML prioject, then supply an override parameter for the variables that are commonly changing using --add-elem (seems like you can't "add" only overwrite). You can create a preset or map the bitrate to a slider. There is an abundance of front ends to choose from, which you use with any encoder. I don't know Linux, but on Windows audio players have encoding built in. There is Frontah (which gives you one slider and many presets).

Is there even an Linux version of Dolby software?

dee.exe --xml d:\bin\dee\xml\dd.xml -a INPUT -o OUTPUT --add-elem data_rate=BITRATE

[tebasuna51]

Yes, my GUI create the .xml needed based in captured parameters, but also run previously ffmpeg to decode/convert any input file to .RF64 needed for the INPUT file.
Also fake remap the 7.1 audio input from the correct map channels to the desired by dee.exe.

There are a Linux version of DEE but I haven't it to test.

[CoLLAPSaRr1]

Hello,
Many thanks for your GUI, I've just tried it, the interface is KISS-like, it's great.
However, I'm getting an error after the w64 file transcode step, it asks me to create a directory in the "C:\Portable\0\temp" rep.

[2024-01-16 19:20:51.237] ERROR: framework: Storage: Directory "C:\Portable\0\temp" does not exist.
[2024-01-16 19:20:51.237] ERROR: framework: Could not create temp file for temp_dir_test.
[2024-01-16 19:20:51.237] ERROR: Could not write to temp_dir.
[2024-01-16 19:20:51.237] ERROR: Could not build workflow.

Is it possible to change this behaviour?

[Vicio]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

There are a Linux version of DEE but I haven't it to test.

I sent it to you via PM if you're interested.

[tebasuna51]

Originally Posted by CoLLAPSaRr1

..., it asks me to create a directory in the "C:\Portable\0\temp" rep.

Is it possible to change this behaviour?

Yes, my fault, I forget than dee need a temporary folder to work.

In the new version I put that folder the same than input folder, then we need in it enough space to the RF64 file (can be very big) and temporary files created by dee (and after deleted if success).

[l00t]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

And thanks for it.

I make my GUI for windows without need phyton installed.

You don't need python to be installed, just grab the compiled binaries (e.g., exe).

[tormento]

It would be nice to be able to use it in CLI too for strange batch conversions.

[tebasuna51]

The CLI command used is:

dee.exe -x 0.xml --verbose info --log-file 0.log --progress

the problem is create the 0.xml needed. I don't know your strange settings.

[j7n]

You can use one of the included XML templates as a starting point. But you need to provide the full path to it. Override individual parameters like so: --add-elem data_rate=256

[tormento]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

the problem is create the 0.xml needed

I would create the xml once and apply in the batch CLI commands.

Can we save the xml with the wanted settings?

[tebasuna51]

DeeGUI create the 0.xml with the settings wanted.
After you can use it, but the filenames are inside the 0.xml and you need create the .RF64 files (wrong remaped if 7.1)

What about the button 'Encode all equal files in the folder' to do batch processing?

[tormento]

Could you please add support for strange channel configurations too, with the best approximation of the wanted sound effect?

I already saw 6.1 in the past and lately it happened to have 2.1 DTS.

I already know that dee is really picky with channel number.

Perhaps downmixing before encoding or "upmixing"?

[tebasuna51]

Dolby Encoder Engine only support AC3, EAC3 and THD 1.0, 2.0, 5.1 and 7.1

You can use other tools (ffmpeg, UsEac3to, BeHappy, ...) to make the desired downmix.

[jlw_4049]

For those looking into odd channel configurations as well as Linux support you can use this easy to use CLI for DEE https://github.com/jlw4049/DeeZy