diff --git a/lib/build.sh b/lib/build.sh
index d24fc11..fa4ccab 100644
--- a/lib/build.sh
+++ b/lib/build.sh
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ build_libopus() {
 
 ### MESON ###
 build_libdav1d() {
-	local enableAsm='true'
+	local enableAsm=true
 	# arm64 will fail the build at 0 optimization
 	if [[ "${HOSTTYPE}:${OPT}" == "aarch64:0" ]]; then
 		enableAsm="false"
@@ -626,8 +626,7 @@ build_ffmpeg() {
 		--enable-nonfree \
 		--disable-htmlpages \
 		--disable-podpages \
-		--disable-txtpages \
-		--disable-autodetect || return 1
+		--disable-txtpages || return 1
 	ccache make -j"${JOBS}" || return 1
 	${SUDO_MODIFY} make -j"${JOBS}" install || return 1
 }
diff --git a/lib/efg.sh b/lib/efg.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60d0972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/efg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+efg_usage() {
+	echo "efg -i input [options]"
+	echo -e "\t[-l NUM] low value (default: ${LOW})"
+	echo -e "\t[-s NUM] step value (default: ${STEP})"
+	echo -e "\t[-h NUM] high value (default: ${HIGH})"
+	echo -e "\t[-p] plot bitrates using gnuplot"
+	echo -e "\n\t[-I] system install at ${EFG_INSTALL_PATH}"
+	echo -e "\t[-U] uninstall from ${EFG_INSTALL_PATH}"
+	return 0
+}
+
+set_efg_opts() {
+	local opts='pl:s:h:i:IU'
+	local numOpts=${#opts}
+	# default values
+	unset INPUT
+	LOW=0
+	STEP=1
+	HIGH=30
+	PLOT=false
+	EFG_INSTALL_PATH='/usr/local/bin/efg'
+	# only using -I or -U
+	local minOpt=1
+	# using all
+	local maxOpt=${numOpts}
+	test $# -lt ${minOpt} && echo_fail "not enough arguments" && efg_usage && return 1
+	test $# -gt ${maxOpt} && echo_fail "too many arguments" && efg_usage && return 1
+	OPTIND=1
+	while getopts "${opts}" flag; do
+		case "${flag}" in
+		I)
+			echo_warn "attempting install"
+			sudo ln -sf "${SCRIPT_DIR}/efg.sh" \
+				"${EFG_INSTALL_PATH}" || return 1
+			echo_pass "succesfull install"
+			exit 0
+			;;
+		U)
+			echo_warn "attempting uninstall"
+			sudo rm "${EFG_INSTALL_PATH}" || return 1
+			echo_pass "succesfull uninstall"
+			exit 0
+			;;
+		i)
+			if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
+				echo_fail "wrong arguments given"
+				efg_usage
+				return 1
+			fi
+			INPUT="${OPTARG}"
+			;;
+		p)
+			PLOT=true
+			;;
+		l)
+			if ! is_positive_integer "${OPTARG}"; then
+				efg_usage
+				return 1
+			fi
+			LOW="${OPTARG}"
+			;;
+		s)
+			if ! is_positive_integer "${OPTARG}"; then
+				efg_usage
+				return 1
+			fi
+			STEP="${OPTARG}"
+			;;
+		h)
+			if ! is_positive_integer "${OPTARG}"; then
+				efg_usage
+				return 1
+			fi
+			HIGH="${OPTARG}"
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo "wrong flags given"
+			efg_usage
+			return 1
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	if [[ ! -f ${INPUT} ]]; then
+		echo "${INPUT} does not exist"
+		efg_usage
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	# set custom EFG_DIR based off of sanitized inputfile
+	local sanitizedInput="$(bash_basename "${INPUT}")"
+	local sanitizeChars=(' ' '@' ':')
+	for char in "${sanitizeChars[@]}"; do
+		sanitizedInput="${sanitizedInput//${char}/}"
+	done
+	EFG_DIR+="-${sanitizedInput}"
+
+	echo_info "estimating film grain for ${INPUT}"
+	echo_info "range: $LOW-$HIGH with $STEP step increments"
+}
+
+efg_segment() {
+	# number of segments to split video
+	local segments=30
+	# duration of each segment
+	local segmentTime=3
+
+	# get times to split the input based
+	# off of number of segments
+	local duration
+	duration="$(get_duration "${INPUT}")" || return 1
+	# trim decimal points if any
+	IFS=. read -r duration _ <<<"${duration}"
+	# number of seconds that equal 1 percent of the video
+	local percentTime=$((duration / 100))
+	# percent that each segment takes
+	local percentSegment=$((100 / segments))
+	# number of seconds to increment between segments
+	local timeBetweenSegments=$((percentTime * percentSegment))
+	if [[ ${timeBetweenSegments} -lt ${segmentTime} ]]; then
+		timeBetweenSegments=${segmentTime}
+	fi
+	local segmentBitrates=()
+
+	# clean workspace
+	test -d "${EFG_DIR}" && rm -rf "${EFG_DIR}"
+	mkdir -p "${EFG_DIR}"
+
+	# split up video into segments based on start times
+	for ((time = 0; time < duration; time += timeBetweenSegments)); do
+		local outSegment="${EFG_DIR}/segment-${#segmentBitrates[@]}.mkv"
+		split_video "${INPUT}" "${time}" "${segmentTime}" "${outSegment}" || return 1
+		local segmentBitrate
+		segmentBitrate="$(get_avg_bitrate "${outSegment}")" || return 1
+		segmentBitrates+=("${segmentBitrate}:${outSegment}")
+	done
+	local numSegments="${#segmentBitrates[@]}"
+
+	local removeSegments
+	if [[ ${numSegments} -lt ${ENCODE_SEGMENTS} ]]; then
+		removeSegments=0
+	else
+		removeSegments=$((numSegments - ENCODE_SEGMENTS))
+	fi
+
+	# sort the segments
+	mapfile -t sortedSegments < <(IFS=: bash_sort "${segmentBitrates[@]}")
+	# make sure bitrate for each file is actually increasing
+	local prevBitrate=0
+	# remove all but the highest bitrate segments
+	for segment in "${sortedSegments[@]}"; do
+		test ${removeSegments} -eq 0 && break
+		local file currBitrate
+		IFS=: read -r _ file <<<"${segment}"
+		currBitrate="$(get_avg_bitrate "${file}")" || return 1
+
+		if [[ ${currBitrate} -lt ${prevBitrate} ]]; then
+			echo_fail "${file} is not a higher bitrate than previous"
+			return 1
+		fi
+		prevBitrate=${currBitrate}
+
+		rm "${file}" || return 1
+		removeSegments=$((removeSegments - 1))
+	done
+
+}
+
+efg_encode() {
+	echo -n >"${GRAIN_LOG}"
+	for vid in "${EFG_DIR}/"*.mkv; do
+		echo "file: ${vid}" >>"${GRAIN_LOG}"
+		for ((grain = LOW; grain <= HIGH; grain += STEP)); do
+			local file="$(bash_basename "${vid}")"
+			local out="${EFG_DIR}/grain-${grain}-${file}"
+			encode -P 10 -g ${grain} -i "${vid}" "${out}"
+			echo -e "\tgrain: ${grain}, bitrate: $(get_avg_bitrate "${out}")" >>"${GRAIN_LOG}"
+		done
+	done
+
+	less "${GRAIN_LOG}"
+}
+
+efg_plot() {
+	declare -A normalizedBitrateSums=()
+	local referenceBitrate=''
+	local setNewReference=''
+
+	while read -r line; do
+		local noWhite="${line// /}"
+		# new file, reset logic
+		if line_starts_with "${noWhite}" 'file:'; then
+			setNewReference=true
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		IFS=',' read -r grainText bitrateText <<<"${noWhite}"
+		IFS=':' read -r _ grain <<<"${grainText}"
+		IFS=':' read -r _ bitrate <<<"${bitrateText}"
+		if [[ ${setNewReference} == 'true' ]]; then
+			referenceBitrate="${bitrate}"
+			setNewReference=false
+		fi
+		# bash doesn't support floats, so scale up by 10000
+		local normBitrate=$((bitrate * 10000 / referenceBitrate))
+		local currSumBitrate=${normalizedBitrateSums[${grain}]}
+		normalizedBitrateSums[${grain}]=$((normBitrate + currSumBitrate))
+		setNewReference=false
+	done <"${GRAIN_LOG}"
+
+	# create grain:average plot file
+	local plotFile="${EFG_DIR}/plot.dat"
+	echo -n >"${plotFile}"
+	for ((grain = LOW; grain <= HIGH; grain += STEP)); do
+		local sum=${normalizedBitrateSums[${grain}]}
+		local avg=$((sum / ENCODE_SEGMENTS))
+		echo -e "${grain}\t${avg}" >>"${plotFile}"
+	done
+
+	# plot data
+	bash -c 'echo $COLUMNS $LINES' >/dev/null 2>&1
+	gnuplot -p -e "\
+set terminal dumb size ${COLUMNS}, ${LINES}; \
+set autoscale; \
+set style line 1 \
+linecolor rgb '#0060ad' \
+linetype 1 linewidth 2 \
+pointtype 7 pointsize 1.5; \
+plot \"${plotFile}\" with linespoints linestyle 1" | less
+	echo_info "grain log: ${GRAIN_LOG}"
+}
+
+FB_FUNC_NAMES+=('efg')
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+FB_FUNC_DESCS['efg']='estimate the film grain of a given file'
+efg() {
+	EFG_DIR="${TMP_DIR}/efg"
+	# encode N highest-bitrate segments
+	ENCODE_SEGMENTS=5
+
+	set_efg_opts "$@" || return 1
+	test -d "${EFG_DIR}" || mkdir "${EFG_DIR}"
+
+	GRAIN_LOG="${EFG_DIR}/${LOW}-${STEP}-${HIGH}-grains.txt"
+
+	if [[ ${PLOT} == 'true' && -f ${GRAIN_LOG} ]]; then
+		efg_plot
+		return $?
+	fi
+
+	efg_segment || return 1
+	efg_encode || return 1
+
+	if [[ ${PLOT} == 'true' && -f ${GRAIN_LOG} ]]; then
+		efg_plot || return 1
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/lib/encode.sh b/lib/encode.sh
index 16161e3..358faa3 100644
--- a/lib/encode.sh
+++ b/lib/encode.sh
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ set_audio_bitrate() {
 		local numChannels codec
 		numChannels="$(get_num_audio_channels "${file}" "${stream}")" || return 1
 		local channelBitrate=$((numChannels * 64))
-		codec="$(get_stream_codec "${file}" "a:${stream}")" || return 1
+		codec="$(get_stream_codec "${file}" "${stream}")" || return 1
 		if [[ ${codec} == 'opus' ]]; then
 			bitrate+=(
-				"-c:a:${stream}"
+				"-c:${stream}"
 				"copy"
 			)
 		else
 			bitrate+=(
-				"-filter:a:${stream}"
+				"-filter:${stream}"
 				"aformat=channel_layouts=7.1|5.1|stereo|mono"
-				"-c:a:${stream}"
+				"-c:${stream}"
 				"libopus"
-				"-b:a:${stream}"
+				"-b:${stream}"
 				"${channelBitrate}k"
 			)
 		fi
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ audio_enc_version() {
 }
 
 encode_usage() {
-	echo "$(bash_basename "$0") -i input [options] output"
+	echo "encode -i input [options] output"
 	echo -e "\t[-P NUM] set preset (default: ${PRESET})"
 	echo -e "\t[-C NUM] set CRF (default: ${CRF})"
 	echo -e "\t[-g NUM] set film grain for encode"
@@ -105,22 +105,23 @@ encode_usage() {
 	echo -e "\t[-v] Print relevant version info"
 	echo -e "\t[-s] use same container as input, default is mkv"
 	echo -e "\n\t[output] if unset, defaults to ${HOME}/"
-	echo -e "\n\t[-I] Install this as /usr/local/bin/encode"
-	echo -e "\t[-U] Uninstall this from /usr/local/bin/encode"
+	echo -e "\n\t[-I] system install at ${ENCODE_INSTALL_PATH}"
+	echo -e "\t[-U] uninstall from ${ENCODE_INSTALL_PATH}"
 	return 0
 }
 
 set_encode_opts() {
 	local opts='vi:pcsdg:P:C:IU'
-	local numOpts="${#opts}"
+	local numOpts=${#opts}
 	# default values
 	PRESET=3
 	CRF=25
 	GRAIN=""
-	CROP='false'
-	PRINT_OUT='false'
-	DISABLE_DV='false'
-	local SAME_CONTAINER="false"
+	CROP=false
+	PRINT_OUT=false
+	DISABLE_DV=false
+	ENCODE_INSTALL_PATH='/usr/local/bin/encode'
+	local sameContainer="false"
 	# only using -I/U
 	local minOpt=1
 	# using all + output name
@@ -128,18 +129,19 @@ set_encode_opts() {
 	test $# -lt ${minOpt} && echo_fail "not enough arguments" && encode_usage && return 1
 	test $# -gt ${maxOpt} && echo_fail "too many arguments" && encode_usage && return 1
 	local optsUsed=0
+	OPTIND=1
 	while getopts "${opts}" flag; do
 		case "${flag}" in
 		I)
 			echo_warn "attempting install"
 			sudo ln -sf "${SCRIPT_DIR}/encode.sh" \
-				/usr/local/bin/encode || return 1
+				"${ENCODE_INSTALL_PATH}" || return 1
 			echo_pass "succesfull install"
 			exit 0
 			;;
 		U)
 			echo_warn "attempting uninstall"
-			sudo rm /usr/local/bin/encode || return 1
+			sudo rm "${ENCODE_INSTALL_PATH}" || return 1
 			echo_pass "succesfull uninstall"
 			exit 0
 			;;
@@ -160,11 +162,11 @@ set_encode_opts() {
 			optsUsed=$((optsUsed + 2))
 			;;
 		p)
-			PRINT_OUT='true'
+			PRINT_OUT=true
 			optsUsed=$((optsUsed + 1))
 			;;
 		c)
-			CROP='true'
+			CROP=true
 			optsUsed=$((optsUsed + 1))
 			;;
 		d)
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ set_encode_opts() {
 			optsUsed=$((optsUsed + 1))
 			;;
 		s)
-			SAME_CONTAINER='true'
+			sameContainer=true
 			optsUsed=$((optsUsed + 1))
 			;;
 		g)
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ set_encode_opts() {
 	fi
 
 	# use same container for output
-	if [[ $SAME_CONTAINER == "true" ]]; then
+	if [[ $sameContainer == "true" ]]; then
 		local fileFormat
 		fileFormat="$(get_file_format "${INPUT}")" || return 1
 		FILE_EXT=''
@@ -235,6 +237,12 @@ set_encode_opts() {
 	OUTPUT="${OUTPUT%.*}"
 	OUTPUT+=".${FILE_EXT}"
 
+	if [[ ! -f ${INPUT} ]]; then
+		echo "${INPUT} does not exist"
+		efg_usage
+		return 1
+	fi
+
 	echo
 	echo_info "INPUT: ${INPUT}"
 	echo_info "GRAIN: ${GRAIN}"
diff --git a/lib/ffmpeg.sh b/lib/ffmpeg.sh
index 74b1e5c..eb72761 100644
--- a/lib/ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/lib/ffmpeg.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,33 @@ get_duration() {
 		"${file}"
 }
 
+get_avg_bitrate() {
+	local file="$1"
+	ffprobe \
+		-v error \
+		-select_streams v:0 \
+		-show_entries format=bit_rate \
+		-of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 \
+		"${file}"
+}
+
+split_video() {
+	local file="$1"
+	local start="$2"
+	local time="$3"
+	local out="$4"
+	ffmpeg \
+		-ss "${start}" \
+		-i "${file}" \
+		-hide_banner \
+		-loglevel error \
+		-t "${time}" \
+		-map 0:v \
+		-reset_timestamps 1 \
+		-c copy \
+		"${out}"
+}
+
 get_crop() {
 	local file="$1"
 	local duration
diff --git a/lib/utils.sh b/lib/utils.sh
index 73aeed3..93b5d16 100644
--- a/lib/utils.sh
+++ b/lib/utils.sh
@@ -202,3 +202,24 @@ is_positive_integer() {
 	fi
 	return 0
 }
+
+bash_sort() {
+	local arr=("$@")
+	local n=${#arr[@]}
+	local i j val1 val2
+
+	# Bubble sort, numeric comparison
+	for ((i = 0; i < n; i++)); do
+		for ((j = 0; j < n - i - 1; j++)); do
+			read -r val1 _ <<<"${arr[j]}"
+			read -r val2 _ <<<"${arr[j + 1]}"
+			if (("${val1}" > "${val2}")); then
+				local tmp=${arr[j]}
+				arr[j]=${arr[j + 1]}
+				arr[j + 1]=$tmp
+			fi
+		done
+	done
+
+	printf '%s\n' "${arr[@]}"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/efg.sh b/scripts/efg.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..44b7711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/efg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+entry.sh
\ No newline at end of file