Comment by sorenjan
5 hours ago
I don't find trimming videos with ffmpeg particularly difficult, is just-ss xx -to xx -c copy basically. Sure, you need to get those time stamps using a media player, but you probably already have one so that isn't really an issue.
What I've found to be trickier is dividing a video into multiple clips, where one clip can start at the end of another, but not necessarily.
I don't find Sharing files with people very difficult, just login to your FTP and give an account to another user. - Person commenting on OneDrive
Missed opportunity to reference the famous Dropbox hn comment.
I just think there are other closely related use cases where a separate program can add more value, especially in the terminal. I wouldn't suggest most people should use ffmpeg instead of a gui, those are too dissimilar. Another example is cutting out a part of a video, with ffmpeg you need to make two temporary videos and then concatenate them, that process would greatly benefit from a better ux.
Point of order: the Dropbox HN comment is famously misconstrued. People think it was about Dropbox; it was about the Dropbox YC application, and was both well-intentioned and constructive.
> with ffmpeg you need to make two temporary videos and then concatenate them
It can be done in a single command, no temp files needed.
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FWIW, here's a simple command line utility for joining and trimming the multiple video files produced by a video camera.
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-fftrim/view/script/fftrim
I used a plugin in mpv to do it but I can't find it anymore. You just pressed a key to mark the start and end. And with . and , you could do it at keyframe resolution not just seconds.
Found a few links to projects that fit this description in an awesome-mpv repo.
https://github.com/stax76/awesome-mpv?tab=readme-ov-file#vid...
Appreciate you mentioning the MPV route for making clips, I might actually go through and process all the game recordings I saved for clips over the years.
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