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The concept of this would be incredibly useful...I use FFmpeg every few weeks, which is not often enough to remember all the commands I need. But the execution

The concept of this would be incredibly useful...I use FFmpeg every few weeks, which is not often enough to remember all the commands I need. But the execution here is a bit lacking. This only lets you input basically 10 parameters. If this were to be expanded to include all FFmpeg params, it would be INCREDIBLY useful.

mihaitodor 4y ago
You might find this tool useful: https://handbrake.fr/ https://handbrake.fr/
- Ansil849 4y ago
  I don't use FFmpeg for transcoding, more for stream manipulation and frame/stream/subtitle extraction and related tasks, so unfortunately Handbrake isn't really a viable solution.
  - RealStickman_ 4y ago
    Maybe https://mkvtoolnix.download/ https://mkvtoolnix.download/ fits your usecase then. It allows you to select enabled streams, edit metadata and a lot of other things I haven't tried yet for mkv and other container formats.
  - webmobdev 4y ago
    If you have macOS, check out https://subler.org/ https://subler.org/ (free, open source).
smcnally 4y ago
https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut exposes more ffmpeg params.
flemhans 4y ago
Would be nice, but also a big task to make a user interface for everything. The filter chain system, for instance, is quite complicated. But of course there could be some compromise.
smcnally 4y ago
> I use FFmpeg every few weeks, which is not often enough to remember all the commands I need. Very Much this. Even the `ffmpeg` incantations I use frequently are tough to recall -- like creating a gif `ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf "fps=8,scale=512:-1:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse" -loop 0 output.gif` The info will be in my notes and `.bash_history`, but less friction recalling it helps stay in context of the incantation called for at the moment that prompted the search. I'll tag, edit, and add notes to running *ffmpeg recipes*[0] when I'm being diligent. This helps reïnforce details for next time, as does reviewing and rubber-ducking here, but still with less-than total recall. What else works to recall more / more quickly? c.f. `awk`, `grep`, `find` and others. [0] https://smcnally.github.io/kb/ffmpeg%20recipes https://smcnally.github.io/kb/ffmpeg%20recipes

mihaitodor 4y ago

You might find this tool useful: https://handbrake.fr/ https://handbrake.fr/

Ansil849 4y ago
I don't use FFmpeg for transcoding, more for stream manipulation and frame/stream/subtitle extraction and related tasks, so unfortunately Handbrake isn't really a viable solution.
- RealStickman_ 4y ago
  Maybe https://mkvtoolnix.download/ https://mkvtoolnix.download/ fits your usecase then. It allows you to select enabled streams, edit metadata and a lot of other things I haven't tried yet for mkv and other container formats.
- webmobdev 4y ago
  If you have macOS, check out https://subler.org/ https://subler.org/ (free, open source).

smcnally 4y ago

https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut exposes more ffmpeg params.

flemhans 4y ago

Would be nice, but also a big task to make a user interface for everything. The filter chain system, for instance, is quite complicated. But of course there could be some compromise.

smcnally 4y ago

> I use FFmpeg every few weeks, which is not often enough to remember all the commands I need. Very Much this. Even the `ffmpeg` incantations I use frequently are tough to recall -- like creating a gif `ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf "fps=8,scale=512:-1:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse" -loop 0 output.gif` The info will be in my notes and `.bash_history`, but less friction recalling it helps stay in context of the incantation called for at the moment that prompted the search. I'll tag, edit, and add notes to running *ffmpeg recipes*[0] when I'm being diligent. This helps reïnforce details for next time, as does reviewing and rubber-ducking here, but still with less-than total recall. What else works to recall more / more quickly? c.f. `awk`, `grep`, `find` and others. [0] https://smcnally.github.io/kb/ffmpeg%20recipes https://smcnally.github.io/kb/ffmpeg%20recipes