sweet app... i'd pay money for this
Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
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Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#32OK, after testing I have mixed thoughts. The interface is OK (though you really need a way to close the registration pane / beta warning), but the conversion process is painfully slow. It's been converting a 22 minute movie for the past 40 minutes now, and the bar is only at ~15%. Also, do you really need the 'step 1 of 2' thing? Can't you just leave that out, and adjust the progress bar accordingly? Using multiple s…
OK, I'm going to stop this now. It's been running for more than 4 hours, and still isn't halfway through step 1.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#33Can it convert avchd .mts files?
I'd love it if it did. One big reason to get a Flip over other camcorders is the ease of putting the vids online.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#34You're using FFmpeg in there somewhere so you'll need to offer your copy of FFmpeg's source if you've used the LGPL version. If you've used the GPL version then your whole app will need to be GPL.
He only needs to offer the ffmpeg sources is he has made any changes to them.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#35A couple of things... First, great app. Very useful. But, since most of these videos are already H.264 mpeg-4's, why the need for the conversion step, instead of simply wrapping it up in a quicktime container (if you even need to do that)? Conversion is painfully slow. The popup dialogs are annoying. Is there a bookmarklet? That would be awesome.
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes, there is a bookmarklet and we'll be adding it to the website soon (or straight into the app). If you want it now, add this to your bookmark bar:
javascript:document.location.href='evom://'+escape(document.location.href)
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#36Very convenient, though I do have a feature request: make export as only audio an option. Yes, the most common use of that may not be entirely legitimate, but your users will want it. Trust me.
Yes, we're adding that feature soon. Thanks for the feedback! :)
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#37You should consider adding support for ripping mp3s/aac from the videos, if it's not there already. Besides the obvious pirated music part, there are the various amateur performances and talks which people might want to listen to from YouTube.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#38May I suggest packaging it as a dmg instead of a zip? Doesn't make much difference other than that's what's usually expected
I hate DMGs. I know it seems to be the most common way of installing stuff, but, really, what's the point? I have to mount, drag, unmount. Zip's automatically get extracted by Safari, and you just drag it where you want it (or launch it from Downloads). One step, vs 3 steps. A short example: my uncle's been using a mac for 5 years and still has absolutely no idea how to install programs on mac because of this convolu…
That's your opinion. But as another Mac user - dmg please.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#39It would be nice if you describe on the page what Evom converts _to_.. Why would anyone need this app? That's not clear from the text, a bit more clear from the screenshots. That said, I haven't tried it yet, but will try it later today.
I thought it was pretty evident from the icon: portables, like iPods.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#40May I suggest packaging it as a dmg instead of a zip? Doesn't make much difference other than that's what's usually expected
I hate DMGs. I know it seems to be the most common way of installing stuff, but, really, what's the point? I have to mount, drag, unmount. Zip's automatically get extracted by Safari, and you just drag it where you want it (or launch it from Downloads). One step, vs 3 steps. A short example: my uncle's been using a mac for 5 years and still has absolutely no idea how to install programs on mac because of this convolu…
Why use a dmg instead of a Zip? See Apple's docs, http://developer.apple.com/documentation/developertools/Conc...
Also, you could have taken 30 seconds in the past 5 years to explain to your uncle how to install Mac apps. Instead of, you know, ranting about how its convoluted the entire time. All you have to do is say "Double click it and drag and drop the file to /Applications." — Though thats irrelevant now, since Safari now handles dmg's with a .app the same as if it would when extracting a zip.