ffmpeg vs DSD Mastering Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ffmpeg
This app provides a local workbench for audio and video processing on iPhone and iPad. It allows users to convert video to audio, change audio formats, compress videos, crop clips, adjust volume, and view media information using FFmpeg commands.
- Video to audio conversion
- Audio format conversion
- Video compression
- Clip cropping
- Volume adjustment
- Media information viewing
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FFmpeg Workbench is a local audio and video processing tool that runs on iPhone and iPad, suitable for users who need to perform video to audio conversion, audio format conversion, video compression, clip cropping, volume adjustment, and media information viewing. If you have any questions during use, please contact us at 2524931333@qq.com The App has a built-in FFmpeg command-line workbench. You can import videos, audios or folders in the app sandbox workspace and process files using FFmpeg commands similar to those on the desktop. For instance, extract MP4 videos to MP3 audio, convert audio to WAV, compress video size, crop specified segments, or use ffprobe to view file encoding, duration, resolution, bit rate and other information.
DSD Mastering Viewer
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DSD Mastering Viewer reads a DSD or high-resolution PCM file and works out, from the spectrum alone, what production chain it most likely came from. A file labelled DSD256 may be a genuine high-rate master, or a DSD64 SACD transfer in a larger container carrying an older modulator's noise as content. A 192 kHz download may be a real 192 kHz capture, or a CD upsampled into an empty band. The container never says which. The ultrasonic region does. WHAT IT MEASURES • The wideband spectrum out to 176 kHz, well past the limit of hearing • How the level above the audio band is shaped, and where it starts to rise • Left/right coherence — whether ultrasonic energy is independent between channels, which is what decides whether it can read as width and air • A band table from 15 kHz upward, in dB relative to the music WHAT IT TELLS YOU A plain-language verdict naming the most likely chain, with a confidence qualifier and the evidence behind it — DSD64 heritage, a freshly remodulated PCM or DXD master, a native high-rate capture, an analogue or heavily processed transfer, an upsample from a lower rate, or a lossy-encoded source. A recording-chain grade out of ten scores what the chain delivered: real bandwidth, an honest container, and a clean region above the music. CONVERSION Convert between DSD and PCM in either direction — DSD64 through DSD2048, PCM from 44.1 to 384 kHz in 16-bit, 24-bit or 32-bit float — with an optional linear-phase filter that removes inherited ultrasonic noise while leaving everything audible untouched. The chart draws the predicted result before you commit to it. HONEST BY DESIGN A file that cannot carry 50 kHz is never reported as having nothing there; it is reported as unobserved. Confidence is capped when there is less evidence to go on. The verdict always hedges, because a spectrum constrains a file's history without proving it. And the grade is explicitly a judgement of the production chain, not of how the record sounds — no spectrum can tell you that. Reads DSF, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC and CAF. Nothing is uploaded; there is no networking code in the app at all. FREE FOR THREE DAYS Everything is open for three days. After that the Viewer and the Converter are separate one-time purchases — no subscription, nothing renews, and either one covers all your Macs, iPhones and iPads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ffmpeg at none against DSD Mastering Viewer's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. DSD Mastering Viewer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ffmpeg asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ffmpeg | DSD Mastering Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Liuan Pipi Network Technology Co., Ltd. | Siarhei Hladkou |
In-app purchases
ffmpeg
No in-app purchases
DSD Mastering Viewer
- 3-Day TrialFree
- Converter$99.99
- DSD Viewer$99.99
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- DSD Viewer+Converter$199.99
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