We need a running service when a simple command will do?
How big an attack surface do you need?
C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats
Submitted 11 months ago by cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world
https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX
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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
0x0@infosec.pub 11 months ago
There is no we here. You obviously dont need it, so dont use it. Easy right?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
If it’s behind a VPN, there’s no extra attack surface.
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And your simple command that covers all the file types supported, on any platform, is… What?
If you’re gonna bitch, and say your alternative is better, you had better cough up the alternative or your just full of shit…
rowdyrockets@lemm.ee 11 months ago
If I had a nickel for every time someone has whined that you need to self host this, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but still noteworthy because this is literally a self-host community.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
But I want to trust randos with my file conversions! 😡
ashley@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I think the point is that it could be a desktop app
MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Nice but I believe it lacks the ability to chose the codec, bitrate, etc for videos (and bitrate for audio?)
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
[deleted]SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
you can run it locally
Tiger@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
This is awesome, thank you for sharing.
B0rax@feddit.org 11 months ago
Wow, it even includes plenty of 3d file types which are quite hard to actually find converters for.
TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think that a good chunk of the selfhosted community is “sole IT guy at a tiny company”. This is great for that, since having to update desktop software in twenty places sucks.
fatboy93@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yeah, having played one of the many roles like this a few years back (pre-covid), I wish tools like these had more presence. Would’ve made my life infinitely easier.
raltoid@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Why would anyone setup and maintain a server to do infrequent conversions of small files?
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 11 months 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
uranibaba@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Something like this is useful as well if you have a large item to convert since you can offload that processing to your server/NAS and not have it bog down your PC/phone/etc
TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
beerclue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is a great addition to my home-lab, no more “free online convert” tools needed.
Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Same, I’ve been looking for something like that for quite some time
yournamehere@lemm.ee 11 months ago
github says options for converters are still missing? i’d love to see shared settings for converters; like what do you in ffmpeg for best videoquality on mobile, what setting to create best avif or image compressions like tinypng.