Reele - Location & Post Audio Workflow Toolkit

Reele is a native macOS app for audio/video conversion workflows and PolyWAV metadata/report operations, mostly built around FFmpeg.

Reele was not designed to replace or compete with any of the plethora of already existing ffmpeg frontends like FFworks, or other conversion tools like Handbrake or Shutter Encoder. Those tools already do a million things. It was designed as a tool more specific to location and post-audio workflows. However, it was designed as a replacement for Wave Agent, specifically to address what it can't: handling 32-bit files. This is version 1, so there are probably functions in Wave Agent I have missed, but I am happy to try and implement them if needed.

Important Info

The FFmpeg binary needs to be installed to use this app. You can either download it and pass it to the app or install it via Homebrew. If you download the binary, because of macOS's Gatekeeper security feature, you need to run it once, then go to System Settings -> Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway". This process also applies to the app itself (I built this for myself and don't want to pay the €100/year for the Apple Developer Program).

Core Principles

• Native macOS app built around ffmpeg using operation cards and queue-driven processing.
• FFmpeg is not bundled by default; users select a binary, and Reele manages it.
• FFmpeg command transparency: each workflow shows a command preview and supports one-click copy so the user can run it directly in Terminal if they choose.
• Template workflow: choose from a built-in template or create your own custom templates where supported.
• Drag and drop to reorder operation cards in Home and Other windows for per-user layout customisation.

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See the wiki for a full feature overview.