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Just interested, how do you manage licensing tarpits around certain video codecs supported by ffmpeg?
FFmpeg is not bundled with the app. User will have to install it separately and link it with CompressX. Hope this explains
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.
Apple users are probably the only crowd that would pay money for a simplistic ffmpeg frontend.
Polish and ease of use are important to me when using software. Don't get me wrong, I spent a ton of time in the terminal and using less than pretty tools but when possible I like nice tools that do a task well.
Then again if all you see is a "simplistic ffmpeg frontend" then I don't know if I can make you understand the value in accepting less overall functionality in favor of a tool optimized for your specific workflow. And some people, not saying you, take a pride in using the lowest-level, most featureful, more obscure tool. They wear it as a badge of pride and chide anything else as a "toy" or "simplistic". I find this mindset absurd. I all for going to the lower level when needed but people that have this attitude best be writing assembly by hand or they are just cosplaying being "smarter". There is always a lower level, just because someone goes to an arbitrarily lower level doesn't make them "better" but that's the feeling I often get from people like this. Reminds of the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7wM0QC5LE
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Right, the value add should obviously remain locked in the hands of a few elite professionals and the rest of the world should have to beg and grovel at their feet to get anything done. Any attempts to simplify workflows should be looked at with scorn and an aura of arrogance. Do you work at Oracle?
You can craft script for ffmpeg using any of the AI chat providers, even a badger can do it. UI is nice, but we have handbrake already. Do you work for local government?
How does your site know that “22 files compressed in the past hour”? Does the app collect this type of metrics from Desktop users, or is there some web-based function that’s being observed?
What tools did you use to make your snazzy screencasts??? I'm currently looking to make a video just like that for our product.
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Electron and consistency?? I get Electron being easier to develop for, but it achieves portability by ignoring platform native UI guidelines. There is no consistency at all between electron apps.
> There is no consistency at all between electron apps. No, there is not but there is consistency between platforms of the same electron app. Something that's much harder to do if you write a native app.
How does your site know that “22 files compressed in the past hour”? Does the app collect this type of metrics from Desktop users, or is there some web-based function that’s being observed?