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Consider the popularity of ffmpeg and imagemagick. Putting the mainstream algorithms together under one interface seems to be an appealing model to a lot of peo
by richard_todd 4y ago
Consider the popularity of ffmpeg and imagemagick. Putting the mainstream algorithms together under one interface seems to be an appealing model to a lot of people, even though new algorithms are constantly being developed in those areas.
Personally, for audio encoding, I'm much happier just installing ffmpeg than I would be gathering and learning a bunch of flac/ogg/opus/mp3/etc encoders.
- mirker 4y agoYes, those are quite different. But you also can’t pipe lossy compression data willy-nilly without compounding data loss, so it’s hard to imagine an alternative with unix-style tools. The difference may also stem from those being application-focused rather than command line, so they don’t have a burden of maintaining legacy applications forever.