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ImageMagick's convert is much friendlier than ffmpeg: convert image.png image.jpg Does what it's suppose to and it's as simple as possible. Sure, you can g
by tambourine_man 6y ago
ImageMagick's convert is much friendlier than ffmpeg:
convert image.png image.jpg
Does what it's suppose to and it's as simple as possible. Sure, you can get really fancy with resizing proportions but easy stuff should be easy.
- zerocrates 6y agoI mean, ffmpeg -i something.avi something.mp4 works as well, but there's just _so_ many more options inherently involved in converting a video: most inputs and outputs will be at least 2 tracks, so that's 2 codecs, and the majority of containers used now (MP4, MKV, etc.) support all sorts of codecs, so while ffmpeg will "guess" what you want just like ImageMagick does in your short example, the chances that it guesses right are a lot lower just on the basic level of what format you wanted your output to be. But it's not exactly ffmpeg's fault.
- tambourine_man 6y agoTrue, but that -i is telling. Remove it and it breaks spectacularly