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How is this different from image/graphics magick, ffmpeg, oiiotool etc? Or: what am I missing here, why is this on the front page?
yeah you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.
How 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.
A WASM solution might not be the most performant but it will be an option.
As for the web not being a good application platform, that ship sailed 20+ years ago and at this point, it’s hard to find any “native” apps that don’t share at least some similarities or core components as web apps, even if it’s just for UI. Although I personally would rather have a good native Mac app than a mediocre web app, I’d rather have a well-written web app than a mediocre Mac Catalyst app, and in many cases, than running an iOS app on the Mac. And I often prefer a web app or app built with web technologies to “native” apps built with GTK or Qt.
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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?
It'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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WHAT!? Unbelievable productivity. I'm in awe (and a renewed impostor syndrome).
And TinyC, and the Bellard formula for calculating pi.
The dude can wrap his head around literally anything. Him and Torvalds are truly exceptionally capable people.
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I feel this is easier than those solutions in a lot of cases - mainly because you don't need to install anything. Just open website, drag and drop a file, pick target format, done.
Which is only true if you are not interested in the “self-hostable” part and you installing an app is a significant difficulty. Once an app is installed locally it is more convenient to use - that is why it is so common for apps to replicate (or just wrap) websites. If you are not interested in the self-hostable part there are lots of online converters.
With the recent findings [0] that some of the “free file converter” websites in the wild were actually injecting malware into the results as the first stage of various attacks, I’ve wanted to stand something like this up on a server for my family. This looks like exactly what I’ve been looking for. - [0] https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/denver/news/fbi...
Anything I missed, that explains this?
please add HEIC: the default file format from iPhones
mogrify -format jpg -quality 90 "$INPUT_FILE"