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I'm very much a command line guy but ffmpeg still stumps me. Might be nice if it could save the various ffmpeg arg soups as some kind of friendly name, e.g. "co

by dheera 5y ago

I'm very much a command line guy but ffmpeg still stumps me. Might be nice if it could save the various ffmpeg arg soups as some kind of friendly name, e.g. "combine jpegs into a timelapse" or "convert video to HTML5-friendly format" and then just drop-down and fill in the timelapse parameters or whatever.

vodkapump 5y ago
I don't use it myself, but maybe have a look at Staxrip? It's not quite that user friendly, but a lot more than remembering the commands for making a video from individual images.
andi999 5y ago
I also like to use the command line, but I hate that flags are inconsistent, case sensitive (with unrelated meaning) and not good discoverable
- adamnew123456 5y ago
  I personally have no desire to use it outside of Windows, but Powershell fixes all there things if you're so inclined: > flags are inconsistent At least among the core command set, there is a set of "core flags" like -ErrorAction or -Verbose that are consistent. Though I don't know how often you'll find them in third-party commands. > case sensitive There's a preferred case that you'll get if you tab complete, but -Verbose is -VERBOSE is -VERBOSE. > not good discoverable Tab completion works for flags everywhere and each of them should be included in Get-Help regardless of if the author documents them.
blt 5y ago
Handbrake is great for transcoding! Not sure if it can do the more esoteric tasks.
daptaq 5y ago
FFmpeg was the first example I thought of too, but I don't think that there is a screen large enough to display all it's options and flags.
ZoomZoomZoom 5y ago
I just have a folder with a bunch of scripts with various descriptive names which launch ffmpeg with different painstakingly composed argument chains. I could join them into a mega-script which would prompt me upon execution but I don't see the point in an additional indirection. Sometimes one script is just not enough/not convenient enough, and I write simple helper wrappers such as: - https://indiscipline.github.io/post/movie-thumbnailer-announcement/ https://indiscipline.github.io/post/movie-thumbnailer-announ... - https://indiscipline.github.io/post/ffmpeg-loudnorm-helper-announcement/ https://indiscipline.github.io/post/ffmpeg-loudnorm-helper-a...
goostavos 5y ago
If you want to see an example of that exact thing, I've got a small suite of wrapped FFMPEG tools doing exactly that via Gooey. Having things like screen recording, gif creation, trimming/truncating in a GUI just makes them way more convenient for my frail brain compared to FFMPEG's tough APIs. [0]https://github.com/chriskiehl/GooeyVideo https://github.com/chriskiehl/GooeyVideo
mutagen 5y ago
Plenty of options, one I haven’t seen mentioned is Shutter Encoder. I don’t think it covers all of ffmpeg functionality, it focuses on format conversions useful for video professionals and does a fine job of it. https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/ https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/

by dheera 5y ago

vodkapump 5y ago

I don't use it myself, but maybe have a look at Staxrip? It's not quite that user friendly, but a lot more than remembering the commands for making a video from individual images.

andi999 5y ago

I also like to use the command line, but I hate that flags are inconsistent, case sensitive (with unrelated meaning) and not good discoverable

adamnew123456 5y ago
I personally have no desire to use it outside of Windows, but Powershell fixes all there things if you're so inclined: > flags are inconsistent At least among the core command set, there is a set of "core flags" like -ErrorAction or -Verbose that are consistent. Though I don't know how often you'll find them in third-party commands. > case sensitive There's a preferred case that you'll get if you tab complete, but -Verbose is -VERBOSE is -VERBOSE. > not good discoverable Tab completion works for flags everywhere and each of them should be included in Get-Help regardless of if the author documents them.

blt 5y ago

Handbrake is great for transcoding! Not sure if it can do the more esoteric tasks.

daptaq 5y ago

FFmpeg was the first example I thought of too, but I don't think that there is a screen large enough to display all it's options and flags.

ZoomZoomZoom 5y ago

I just have a folder with a bunch of scripts with various descriptive names which launch ffmpeg with different painstakingly composed argument chains. I could join them into a mega-script which would prompt me upon execution but I don't see the point in an additional indirection. Sometimes one script is just not enough/not convenient enough, and I write simple helper wrappers such as: - https://indiscipline.github.io/post/movie-thumbnailer-announcement/ https://indiscipline.github.io/post/movie-thumbnailer-announ... - https://indiscipline.github.io/post/ffmpeg-loudnorm-helper-announcement/ https://indiscipline.github.io/post/ffmpeg-loudnorm-helper-a...

goostavos 5y ago

If you want to see an example of that exact thing, I've got a small suite of wrapped FFMPEG tools doing exactly that via Gooey. Having things like screen recording, gif creation, trimming/truncating in a GUI just makes them way more convenient for my frail brain compared to FFMPEG's tough APIs. [0]https://github.com/chriskiehl/GooeyVideo https://github.com/chriskiehl/GooeyVideo

mutagen 5y ago

Plenty of options, one I haven’t seen mentioned is Shutter Encoder. I don’t think it covers all of ffmpeg functionality, it focuses on format conversions useful for video professionals and does a fine job of it. https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/ https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/