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Looks like a good tool for dealing with ffmpeg's infamous variety of command line options. Just curious, how much are you contributing upstream?
Additionally, in terms of code and financial support?
Looks like a good tool for dealing with ffmpeg's infamous variety of command line options. Just curious, how much are you contributing upstream?
Is the ecosystem part of this? Is it that the application demographic leans towards MacOS? Is the dev and monetization experience better? I'm really curious if anyone know why I see so much good native indie software for MacOS specifically.
While it's true that ffmpeg's license doesn't require you to release the source code of your application, ffmpeg is GPL, and so it's in good form to also make your application open source. You can still charge for it just as you do now, but it will also give your users the essential freedoms they deserve. You wouldn't be able to build this tool so easily without the commons of the open source projects you're building…
Certainly would be prudent to check out https://ffmpeg.org/legal.html
Great looking app too.
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can you explain why would i pay and use this over Handbrake on a Mac?
You wouldn't, as you know about handbrake. Not trying to be a jerk- but serious. I saw this go viral on Twitter and commenters had no clue ffmpeg was a thing and thought he built this from scratch.
While it's true that ffmpeg's license doesn't require you to release the source code of your application, ffmpeg is GPL, and so it's in good form to also make your application open source. You can still charge for it just as you do now, but it will also give your users the essential freedoms they deserve. You wouldn't be able to build this tool so easily without the commons of the open source projects you're building…
I swear the best looking software like this is all built for MacOS. Maybe there's a lot of it on Windows as well, but I don't see a ton of it on HN (maybe just the demo?). Is the ecosystem part of this? Is it that the application demographic leans towards MacOS? Is the dev and monetization experience better? I'm really curious if anyone know why I see so much good native indie software for MacOS specifically.
Just interested, how do you manage licensing tarpits around certain video codecs supported by ffmpeg?