dlb_mp4base VS dovi_tool

Compare dlb_mp4base vs dovi_tool and see what are their differences.

dlb_mp4base

The Dolby MP4 streaming muxer (dlb_mp4base) is a software implementation of a muxer of fragmented or unfragmented ISO base media file format (mp4). It supports muxing of Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), and Dolby AC-4 audio formats as well as Dolby Vision. (by DolbyLaboratories)

dovi_tool

dovi_tool is a CLI tool combining multiple utilities for working with Dolby Vision. (by quietvoid)
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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dlb_mp4base

Posts with mentions or reviews of dlb_mp4base. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-29.

dovi_tool

Posts with mentions or reviews of dovi_tool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-04.
  • Is there a way to confirm that Dolby Vision content transcoded correctly?
    2 projects | /r/handbrake | 4 Jun 2023
    They have Mac builds available for the latest release.
  • Muxing Dolby Vision metadata into an HDR stream
    2 projects | /r/DataHoarder | 27 May 2023
    With a combination of dovi_tool by quietvoid and FFMPEG you should be able to inject the EL into the HEVC track you demuxed from RGB, then remux it back in using FFMPEG or mkvtoolnix.
  • Avatar 4K artwork revealed
    1 project | /r/4kbluray | 23 May 2023
    There are ways to download the exact untouched copy of the stream from the server (not screen capturing) and extracting that DV metadata from the HEVC stream. Same goes for ripping discs and extracting DV there.
  • Did I miss an update, or is Dolby Vision working much better with Plex on tvOS 16.4?
    1 project | /r/PleX | 29 Mar 2023
    Yeah, the RPUs (which I honestly haven’t been able to even find out what it stands for, lol) can be converted using dovi_tool, which is how those hybrids are made. I’ve converted a few P7 movies from BR sources myself to get them to work in Infuse.
  • 4K HDR Rips Not Measuring Up
    1 project | /r/PleX | 9 Mar 2023
  • Is it possible to convert Dolby Vision to HDR10+?
    2 projects | /r/ffmpeg | 11 Jan 2023
    From what I gathered, it is possible to convert HDR10+ content to Dolby Vision using dovi_tool and hdr10plus_tool. But I haven't seen any tutorial on doing the opposite: taking the dynamic metadata from Dolby Vision and converting it to HDR10+. I have found posts with this question but with no solution. The replies to this one (from 2020) suggest that it is theoretically possible but that you would need more info about the DV metadata. Now, using dovi_tool, it is possible to extract the Dolby Vision metadata into a JSON file. But, while dovi_tool is able to generate a DV RPU using a JSON file containing HDR10+ metadata, hdr10plus_tool has no similar option. Is there any way to convert the DV metadata to something usable by hdr10plus_tool to inject in HEVC?
  • DVDFab for Dolby Vision titles?
    2 projects | /r/makemkv | 3 Jan 2023
    2) DoVi_Tool - This is a tool that uses ffmpeg to extract the DV layer and recode it back into the compressed output. (https://github.com/quietvoid/dovi_tool)
  • How to downscale from Proper 4k to 1080p, keeping DV and DA intact
    3 projects | /r/ffmpeg | 5 Aug 2022
    Step 2: Extract the Dolby Vision data with dovi_tool
  • help Dolby Vision not working
    2 projects | /r/Piracy | 3 Aug 2022
    It appears the player can't process FEL. I tried myself and it fellback to hdr10. I haven't been able to find an Android player app that can process FEL. You could convert FEL to MEL with something like dovi_tool but that might get time consuming.
  • Convert DV MP4 file to .MKV
    1 project | /r/mkvtoolnix | 22 Jul 2022
    You can look into a program called dovi_tool which can do all kinds of operations on DV tracks, including combining base & enhancement layers from separate tracks into a single track if I'm not mistaken.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dlb_mp4base and dovi_tool you can also consider the following projects:

dvmkv2mp4 - Convert any Dolby Vision/HDR10+ MKV to DV MP4 that runs on many devices

HDR-Multi-Tool - A graphical user interface for parsing HDR10+ and Dolby Vision

dlb_mp4demux - The Dolby MP4 streaming demuxer (dlb_mp4demux) is a software implementation of a demuxer of fragmented or unfragmented ISO base media file format (mp4). It supports demuxing of Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), and Dolby AC-4 audio formats as well as Dolby Vision. It is designed for use on architectures with limited resources.

hdr10plus_tool - CLI utility to work with HDR10+ in HEVC files.

staxrip - 🎞 Video encoding GUI for Windows.

Player - ▶ Simple and lightweight, yet polished and powerful Android video player based on ExoPlayer

aos-AVP - NOVA opeN sOurce Video plAyer: main repository to build them all

dobby - A Dolby Vision merge tool

FastFlix - FastFlix is a free GUI for HEVC and AV1 encoding, GIF/WebP/AVIF creation, and more!

Square-Wheel - Advanced software renderer written in Rust