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

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• TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s nice there’s a front end for all these tools but I kinda don’t get why is everything “hosted”. This could have just been a desktop app. I guess it can be useful when you want to convert something on your phone but to me it just seems like unnecessary server maintenance burden.

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  • uranibaba@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s nice because I don’t have to install it. Now I can use it when I work, on my computer at home or when my dad calls me.

    But there is also merit to using a desktop application.

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    • TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fair enough. I guess I imagined someone hosting all the selfhosted web apps that get posted to this forum, when most people likely just host only the few they need on the go, so it isn’t really that burdensome.

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  • raltoid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Different use cases.

    It’s not like your uploading and downloading gigabytes to it to use ffmpeg. For that you use something local. This is for converting smaller files conveniently. For example from a laptop and you don’t want to use a public converter that might keep the content.

    If you regularly convert certain file types on a computer, dedicated apps tend to be better than these combo ones anyway.

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    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Why would anyone setup and maintain a server to do infrequent conversions of small files?

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  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why not both?

    I use this on desktop github.com/Tichau/FileConverter but then on mobile how you would convert files, especially niche technical ones? I used to rely on cloudconvert.com but now I can install this on my server

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    • SufferingSteve@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      An app?

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• beerclue@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is a great addition to my home-lab, no more “free online convert” tools needed.

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  • Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Same, I’ve been looking for something like that for quite some time

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