please add HEIC: the default file format from iPhones
Yes, this is my most common web conversion. HEIC to JPG
Open source and self hostable/private file converter
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Re: Open source and self hostable/private file converter
#72Nice view transitions!
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#73I would love this tool if it supported converting font files.
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#74Is there a Vert for html to PDF?
I can recommend https://pdfbolt.com. It is unfortunately not self-hosted but built with privacy in mind. I'm the founder.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
As far as I can tell, what you're missing is the massive ease-of-use and approachability, especially for non-technical users, of a web-based graphical "convert X to Y" interface vs. facing command line ffmpeg, which they probably haven't heard of.
There are already GUIs for ffmeg and most image editing applications can save in multiple formats so its still not clear to me what this adds
It's a web service that can be used on any device without installation. Think in terms of usability for old, non-technical folks.
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#76It's cool the source code really is open and available: https://github.com/VERT-sh/VERT AGPL licensed, which seems perfect for this kind of product: The AGPL (Affero General Public License) is a type of free software license developed by the Free Software Foundation. It is similar to the GPL (General Public License) but with one key difference: Network Use Clause: If you modify AGPL-licensed software and use it over…
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#77please add HEIC: the default file format from iPhones
This is just ffmpeg powered and it looks like some support was added fairly recently.
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/6521
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/a0821345eb31...
Re: Open source and self hostable/private file converter
#78As far as I can tell, this uses:
- libvips (wasm): for image conversion
- ffmpeg (wasm): for audio conversion
- ffmpeg (remote, via vertd): for video conversion, with an option for the hoster to use wasm ffmpeg instead with some limitations (performance, maximum file size, etc)
And from browsing the github, missing formats are usually caused by difficulties linking the libraries that handle those formats into the wasm libvps/ffmpeg
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a whole true, creator Mr Fabrice Bellard, a 1000x developer, also create Qemu, another essential gem of software.
WHAT!? Unbelievable productivity. I'm in awe (and a renewed impostor syndrome).
Seems strange to me to feel imposter syndrome for not matching up to an elite talent… did you feel prior to this that you were the best in the world at programming, and now realize you aren’t? Is everyone who isn’t the very top of the top an imposter?
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#80How is this different from image/graphics magick, ffmpeg, oiiotool etc? Or: what am I missing here, why is this on the front page?
Yeah I also cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would want a web site that converts files. Just install a desktop app to do the same (GUI or otherwise) and it will be more pleasant to use, and more performant. The Web is not a good application platform no matter how much people try to shoehorn it into being one.
People value not having to install anything, for various reasons.