Command Line Interface (CLI) reference

Usage:
dume [options] [files...]

Read

Templates, Automation, Pipeline and API / Command Line Interface (CLI)
for examples about how to use the CLI.

Note

On Windows and Mac OS, the app name may be different.
For example, on Windows, the command line would be DuME.exe [options] [input_files...]
and you may have to use the complete path to the executable file if it’s not available in the PATH variable.

Tip

If the --multi option is not set, and an instance of DuME is already running, all options passed using the command line interface are automatically transferred to the running instance.

Options

Getting information

Option Description
--color_profiles List all available color profiles and exit.
--filter_presets List all available filter presets and exit.
--output_presets List all available output presets and exit.
--presets List all available presets and exit.
-v
--version		 Displays version information.

Controlling DuME

Option Description
--multi Allows running multiple DuME instances at once.
-n
--no_ui		 Just start the daemon without user interface.
--reinit Reset all settings to their default values.
--port <port> The port the Daemon will listen to.
The default value is set in the settings of the application.

Rendering graphs and transcoding

Option Description
-f <fps>
--framerate <fps>
--fps <fps>		 Set and override all input framerates for
supported input nodes.
-m <meta1.json;meta2.json...>
--meta <meta1.json;meta2.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 for example.
-o <output_file>
--output <output_file>		 Sepcify an output media file. This may contain predefined tokens.
-p <output_preset>
--preset <output_preset>		 Set the output preset to use.
-q
--quit		 Quit when the rendering process has finished.
-r
--render		 Launch the job.
--replace <id://input_file> Replace the placeholder ‘id’ with a file input node.

Other options

Option Description
-h
--help		 Displays help on commandline options.
--help-all Displays help, including generic Qt options.
--hide_banner Suppress printing banner.
-l <loglevel>
--log_level <loglevel>		 Set logging level. One of:
debug, information, warning, error.

Arguments

Argument Description
files A DuME graph to open, or a list of media files to import in a new graph.