Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier • Hacker News Board

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by Xeoncross » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 2:57 PM UTC

edent wrote: post #30

yard2010 wrote: post #28

A bit off topic, IMO ffmpeg is one of the best software ever written. Fabian Fabrice (ff) is one talented engineer and people such as him are a gift to the FOSS community. I used to work in a ~2 bil unicorn in which a big part of the products we worked on relied on ffmpeg.

And you gave a sizable donation, right? https://ffmpeg.org/donations.html

I have a feeling the ~$2b wasn't his

Still, good reminder to speak up about the products to leadership and see if we can get them to donate.

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by throwaway290 » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:03 PM UTC

asicsp wrote: post #7

See also: * https://ffmpeg.guide/ — create complex FFmpeg filtergraphs quickly and correctly * https://www.hadet.dev/ffmpeg-cheatsheet/ — clipping, adding fade in/out, scaling, concat, etc

Or just use ffmpeg-python.

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by ta1243 » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:08 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #31

Great stuff! ffmpeg is infrastructure-level important, and tools like this keep it going.

No they don't. There's maybe 20 people that keep it going

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by cornstalks » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:10 PM UTC

yard2010 wrote: post #28

A bit off topic, IMO ffmpeg is one of the best software ever written. Fabian Fabrice (ff) is one talented engineer and people such as him are a gift to the FOSS community. I used to work in a ~2 bil unicorn in which a big part of the products we worked on relied on ffmpeg.

FYI the “FF” in “FFmpeg” stands for “fast forward.”

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by ta1243 » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:10 PM UTC

https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html makes ffmpeg easier, not stuff like this.

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by 7373737373 » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:16 PM UTC

The navigation layout of this is not ideal yet.

Specific recipes that should be added:

Removing audio: ffmpeg -i $input_file -c copy -an $output_file

Halving resolution: ffmpeg -i $input_file -vf "scale=iw/2:ih/2" $output_file

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:17 PM UTC

ta1243 wrote: post #43

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #31

Great stuff! ffmpeg is infrastructure-level important, and tools like this keep it going.

No they don't. There's maybe 20 people that keep it going

Fair point

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by suction » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:19 PM UTC

yard2010 wrote: post #28

A bit off topic, IMO ffmpeg is one of the best software ever written. Fabian Fabrice (ff) is one talented engineer and people such as him are a gift to the FOSS community. I used to work in a ~2 bil unicorn in which a big part of the products we worked on relied on ffmpeg.

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Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by slacka » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:22 PM UTC

Xeoncross wrote: post #41

edent wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And you gave a sizable donation, right? https://ffmpeg.org/donations.html

I have a feeling the ~$2b wasn't his Still, good reminder to speak up about the products to leadership and see if we can get them to donate.

Absolutely. For the first startup that I worked for, I earned a position with budgeting authority. Once we achieved profitably, I added donations to the open source tools we relied upon. I received some pushback and defended it. Looking back, I am proud of that choice. I encourage you all to do the same.

Re: Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier

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Post by chefandy » Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 3:29 PM UTC

Those anchors don't work on Firefox on Android. The author is losing... I dunno.... 1e-20% or whatever of the browser market share among my fellow Android FF users.