Output formats and presets

DuME can encode all kinds of mediae to all formats supported by FFmpeg, which means almost anything which has ever existed in the digital world…

You can choose and adjust the output format in the properties panel of the output file node.

You can select the desired file format (i.e. container) in the list just above the format description. As this is a very long list, the left side menu lets you filter Video & Audio, Video only, Audio only containers or image sequences.

The list is sorted by file extension, and when it is shown you can quickly search for a specific one by typing it, starting by the leading dot “.”.

According to the chosen format, you can then adjust advanced settings, like choosing the codec, the audio sampling rate, etc. by clicking the Edit settings button, where you’ll find the parameters for video, audio, and custom FFmpeg settings.

Not all formats have a comprehensinve UI in this settings section, but only the most common and standard ones, which are described in this documentation:

• h.264 / h.265 (MPEG-4, AVC, HEVC)
• Image sequences
• Apple ProRes
• FFV1 (FF Video 1)
• HAP
• VP8 / VP9 (Webm)
• OpenEXR
• Other formats are natively supported but easy-to-use and not listed here.

Other formats may be adjusted using custom FFmpeg parameters. To make it easier to re-use your settings without having to set everything every time you need them, you can use presets. A bunch of presets are included with DuME but you can create your own presets and change the default preset throught the node menu.