I haven’t found anything that suits my needs as stated.

The main reasons why I need to transcode:

• some software don’t support anything other than X formats/codecs (discord doesn’t display previews for VP9 files for example…)
• some devices don’t support specific codecs natively
• I want to fulfill all use cases. If I ever want to do something that’s not covered by handbrake (ex: can’t FTP to the server and upload the files I want to transcode).
• I want simplicity: avoid complicated bridges and installing many things
• i want it to be easily shareable and accessible: the client shouldn’t have to download an app, a software. Web browsers are easy and everyone has one. Normies use those online converters for a reason: they’re lazy and can’t be bothered to install things. They’ll take the easier route
• if a file takes too much space (ex: on my phone), I want to be able to do encode it to HEVC without having to install software or sending it to my computer)