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How about just using a LLM that can execute commands

> llm -yolo "can you take input.mp4 and resize it to 720p, transcode to vp8 output to output.webm"

separate tools for separate jobs. ffmpeg doesn't need more features.



Then people will keep building tools like this. Which, there's nothing specifically wrong with, but rather it's clear there's a demand for ffmpeg-but-more-ergonomic and ffmpeg is in the best position to do that.


Isn't most non-linear editing software basically ffmpeg-but-more-ergonomic?


Why write prompts instead of just using a GUI ?


You do not need to execute. Copy pasting command from a LLM answer to terminal takes less than a second.


sure, but I can imagine something more like

llm --yolo "combine all the files in videos/vacation in alphabetical order into a single video, do not use the audio from the videos, add the music from music/soundtracks/my-favorite-things.mp3 as background music, but a title at the front 'Our Summer Vacation'"

or something more involved. Yes, it might be able to spit out multiple commands




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