Comment by nosioptar

3 days ago

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.

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siscia  3 days ago

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?

  • pjc50  3 days ago

    > 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.

    • siscia  3 days ago

      Thanks!

      I am looking explicitly for people who want to "run ffmpeg"

      I don't have the skills, nor the capital, to build a solution for the whole market of people that want to mess with videos.

      Just for reference Mix raised 177M since 2016.

      The goal is not to run a startup, but a small business with recurrent business.

      Of course there are a lot of way to approach this.

      One would be an API sold at cost plus (which is the closest to my skillset.)

      Building on top of that would be trivial for more pay-for-value product.