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Comment by siscia

3 days ago

Are ffmpeg user interested in a cloud base solution?

You push the input files, the command, and fetch the output when done.

I use Ffmpeg. I have zero interest in cloud based Ffmpeg.

Maybe if it was really cheap and the servers could process the job in a small fraction of the time it takes locally. Otherwise, I'd just run it locally.

If you built a ui that made it easier to use as part of the offering, it'd make sense for a lot of people.

  • Thanks!

    Why you think that an UI would make sense?

    An UI like what? Something to drive the user toward what it wants to do?

    • > An UI like what? Something to drive the user toward what it wants to do?

      People don't have the goal "run ffmpeg", they have a goal like "transcode and host videos". See eg. mux.com on here recently.

      > cost-plus

      This is an extremely non-startup pricing model.

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There's quite a few cloud services built around it already, but not usually so loose or general. I can see it being expensive to run.

  • The plan would it be to charge it at cost plus. Whatever the user is consuming plus a markup.