was looking for a GUI video editor on Android, and couldn't find an open source one, so downloaded a proprietary apk(powerdirector).
was greeted with this as soon as I installed an opened it.
deleted it that very instant. will stick to ffmpeg on termux.
image below is from david revoy's mastodon post.
image transcription:
meme has two images. upper one is a cropped screenshot from an app that reads, "to protect your rights to privacy, please accept the privacy policy and terms of use to continue."
lower one is an image of pepper from pepper&carrot with one of her hand in air, eyes lit up and mouth agape. superimposed on very bottom is a text that reads, "Hmm, what a logic."
Ffmpeg. The bane of my existence.
I think writing ffmpeg manually would've saved me the weeks of pain of trying to do it programmatically via subprocess. The ffmpeg module is slow as hell, I geuss from having to pipe through python or something.
The bottom image is hella cool. Where's it from ?
ffmpeg is one of those programs no matter how many times you use, you still have to search how to do something with it.
image is from a post from David revoy, creator of pepper&carrot, a libre webcomic. Here's the post link: https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/111300971245273049
Not only ffmpeg is complex, It allows you to do things in different ways ( for compatibility ) so you can find a far nicer command than the horrible mishmash creation you have and spend another week remaking the script from scratch. But then you think of a better directory structure to work with and now you have to spend few days updating the script. Pain...
I reckon I used AI to create the initial command ( biggest mistake , even gpt4 output somewhat working but garbage Ffmpeg commands) and I am a horrible programmer but still.... It was tiring.
Thanks !
I often downscale and convert videos for posting to Discord and I just use fish shell history and just replace the filenames
I ask ChatGPT how to do something with ffmpeg when I'm stuck lol
The image is from Pepper and Carrot, a comic by David Revoy, a French artist known for using free software and releasing everything he does under free license. I don't know what episode this panel is from, but you can and should read it all here for free!
he is the guy who made me like webcomics. :)