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I'm making a FOSS all-in-one file converter app - looking for opinions! (files.catbox.moe)
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I'm currently working on a file converter app that lets you easily convert your files in bulk without needing to mess around with 500 settings or confusing command-line apps. It's mostly a replacement for all those "convert X to Y" websites.

This is just a front-end for ffmpeg and imagemagick, but the goal is to make something so simple even my parents could use without uploading sensitive files to shady websites on the internet. I've looked around, and I found all the local GUI converters like Handbrake are unwieldy to use, especially if you just want to convert in bulk.

The project is still very early, but I'd like some feedback:

  1. Does anyone think this project is worth finishing, or are there too many GUI file converters out there already?

  2. What do you think about the UI so far?

Cheers.

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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)
  1. I think it would be better called a media file converter or something more specific like that, unless you actually intend on adding more types of file, like doc, odf, md, pdf etc.
  2. Interesting. I also made a little thingy for personal use, though it does literally call the ffmpeg CLI tool. Haven't even made an install configuration though, so you will just have to run it out of the build directory.
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