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But doesnt something like this interface kind of show the inefficiency of this? Like we can all agree ffmpeg is somewhat esoteric and LLMs are probably really g
by beepbooptheory 10mo ago
But doesnt something like this interface kind of show the inefficiency of this? Like we can all agree ffmpeg is somewhat esoteric and LLMs are probably really great at it, but at the end of the day if you can get 90% of what you need with just some good porcelain, why waste the energy spinning up the GPU?
- imiric 10mo agoBecause the porcelain is purpose built for a specific use case. If you need something outside of what its author intended, you'll need to get your hands dirty. And, realistically, compute and power is cheap for getting help with one-off CLI commands.
- pixelpoet 10mo agoRequiring the installation of a massive kraken like node.js and npm to run a commandline executable hardly screams efficiency...
- RadiozRadioz 10mo agoThat's a deficiency with this particular implementation, not an inherent disadvantage to the method
- chpatrick 10mo agoBecause FFmpeg is a swiss army knife with a million blades and I don't think any easy interface is really going to do the job well. It's a great LLM use case.
- skydhash 10mo agoBut you only need to find the correct tool once and mark it in some way. Aka write a wrapper script, jot down some notes. You are acting like you’re forced to use the cli each time.
- NewsaHackO 10mo agoOne can do that with LLM as well. Honestly, I almost always just save the command if I think I am going to use it later. Also, I can just look back at the chat history.
- beepbooptheory 10mo agoI know everybody uses a subscription for these things, but doesn't it at least feel expensive to use an LLM like this? Like turning on the oven to heat up a single slice of pizza.
- lukeschlather 10mo agoNo, LLMs are extremely useful for dealing with ffmpeg. Also I don't think they're sufficient, they get confused too easily and ffmpeg is extremely confusing.
- ThrowawayTestr 10mo agoChatGPTs free tier is just fine for me.
- beepbooptheory 10mo agoNice
- geysersam 10mo agoBecause getting 90% might not be good enough, and the effort you need to expend to reach 97% costs much more than the energy the GPU uses.