Comment on C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats

• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because otherwise you need to maintain it on everyone of your computers and phone and everytime you wipe them and in every virtual machine you make and the developpers would need to maintain a version for every operating system that exists and they always forget to make a version for BeOS so that sucks

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  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m genuinely confused about the use cases you all seem to have. When are you sitting in a field on your phone trying desperately to convert a .avi to a .mkv?

    For desktops you just need to have ffmpeg or handbrake or ImageMagick installed - there’s nothing to “maintain”. Image conversion is as simple as convert test.jpg test.png.

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    • raltoid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m genuinely confused about the use cases you all seem to have. When are you sitting in a field on your phone trying desperately to convert a .avi to a .mkv?

      I worked IT for a newspaper back when they were more relevant. The satelite offices and in-field work had a surprising amount of problems like that.

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      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, I could see that.

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    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just try to explain how to install ffmpeg to grandma

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      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        First - I’d like you to reconsider you use of “grandma” as a stand-in for “somebody who is technically illiterate”. Maybe ask yourself why “grandpa” is not the go-to here and whether you may be perpetuating an ugly stereotype.

        Second - I actually included handbrake in my list as an easier alternative to use.

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      • N0x0n@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Installation is easy. But the moment you have to explain the chain of action of ffmpeg’s syntax… Grandma goes back to flappybird !

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