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.

  • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    I like the idea a lot, I don’t know how to use CLI well and I dislike those websites. I would suggest for the UI to use standard graphics libraries like GTK, or Windows and Mac default theming to make it consistent with other OS apps and themeable by the user, if you can do that