Open source and self hostable/private file converter
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#3Looks neat. Would love something like this with optional yt-dlp support as well.
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#4Is Vert like a simplified version of https://ffmpeg-web.netlify.app/ ?
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#5Why do such things need to be hosted at all?
I've got a few file converter apps on my laptop. They're faster and better and you don't need to stream the data off somewhere just to process and stream back, which is silly.
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#6How is this different from image/graphics magick, ffmpeg, oiiotool etc?
Or: what am I missing here, why is this on the front page?
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#7Why do such things need to be hosted at all? I've got a few file converter apps on my laptop. They're faster and better and you don't need to stream the data off somewhere just to process and stream back, which is silly.
A relevant audience are the corporate computing inmates, who cannot install anything locally... They are happy to find utilities wrapped behind some web front.
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#8It's ffmpeg all the way down. I can't imagine what the internet would be if there weren't such a marvelous piece of software.
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#9Why do such things need to be hosted at all? I've got a few file converter apps on my laptop. They're faster and better and you don't need to stream the data off somewhere just to process and stream back, which is silly.
This isn't true for me.
My most powerful machine tends to be the home server, and some of my laptops are terrible.
Re: Open source and self hostable/private file converter
#10Is Vert like a simplified version of https://ffmpeg-web.netlify.app/ ?
I think yes.