FFmpeg
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ffmpeg filtergraph editor
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How HN took it
8 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Pricing: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful visual approach to filtergraphs and FFmpeg commands
From 4 comments
Looks great. Should be a big help. Can I check out the code?
irthomasthomas on HNThis is brilliant. A long time ago when I worked on Windows video apps, I used to use Graph Studio[1] to visualize the video graph comprised of countless DirectShow filters. It…
manca on HNI think this is the best take among any ffmpeg GUIs I've seen. Good job! Gonna take this for a spin.
kretaceous on HNHoly hell, this is beautifully done. A great way for me to get a feel of what I'm actually writing, and faster too. 5/5
Rovoska on HN
Clean, well-designed interface
From 2 comments
Holy hell, this is beautifully done. A great way for me to get a feel of what I'm actually writing, and faster too. 5/5
Rovoska on HNI think this is the best take among any ffmpeg GUIs I've seen. Good job! Gonna take this for a spin.
kretaceous on HN
Objections
Sign-in with Google required before use, privacy concern
From 3 comments
Why is it asking me to sign into my Google account?
cyberphobe on HNI don't want any kind of sign-in for stuff like this. Just send me straight to the interface.
l0b0 on HNSeems like a really great idea, and the few times I used ffmpeg I could have really benefited from this. That being said, I almost exclusively prefer email signup over Google…
rychco on HN
Lifetime pricing seen as poorly chosen
From 1 comment
The other day I was thinking that precisely this is needed! Question: Why are you offering lifetime access for $39? Makes no sense. Anyone company that needs this can afford…
andrewstuart on HN
Does not work on Firefox mobile
From 1 comment
Doesn't seem to work on Firefox mobile.
RMPR on HN
Requests
Link filters to FFmpeg documentation or sidebar docs
From 1 comment
This is so useful! Would you consider adding some way of linking a filter to the ffmpeg documentation/reference for it? Or maybe some way of embedding it on a sidebar when a node…
geekone on HN
Import existing ffmpeg command lines as graphs
From 1 comment
The other day I was thinking that precisely this is needed! Question: Why are you offering lifetime access for $39? Makes no sense. Anyone company that needs this can afford…
andrewstuart on HN
Open source code
From 2 comments
Looks great. Should be a big help. Can I check out the code?
irthomasthomas on HNThis is really cool. Ffmpeg is really suited for this type of visual programming flow. Is this code open source? I could use something like this in one of my own projects.
leros on HN
Support for live inputs and outputs
From 2 comments
One thing I wish ffmpeg tools - including this one- would do better is account for live inputs and outputs. I’ve come up with the incantations to do live rtsp to hls, webcam to…
shireboy on HNThe main thing I’ve done is take RTMP/RTSP from network cameras (im doing this for traffic cameras) and push to HLS. This is very powerful as you can take a camera that otherwise…
shireboy on HN
Questions
Can the tool read the local ffmpeg binary's compiled options?
From 1 comment
The other day I was thinking that precisely this is needed! Question: Why are you offering lifetime access for $39? Makes no sense. Anyone company that needs this can afford…
andrewstuart on HN
Does it handle MPEG-DASH transcoding parameters?
From 1 comment
Nice idea! Does this handle transcoding parameters for MPEG-DASH?
cloudking on HN
Alternatives named
python-ffmpeg and ffmpeg-python code libraries
From 1 comment
What's your opinion on libraries like python-ffmpeg that allow you to build filter graphs programmatically with tree-like data structures?
heavyset_go on HN
fluent-ffmpeg
From 1 comment
I haven't played around much with ffmpeg-python, I used to use fluent-ffmpeg for a bit. They're an improvement over writing raw command strings, but they lack static analysis…
zackoverflow on HN
Graph Studio for DirectShow filter graphs
From 1 comment
This is brilliant. A long time ago when I worked on Windows video apps, I used to use Graph Studio[1] to visualize the video graph comprised of countless DirectShow filters. It…
manca on HN