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I'm making a FOSS all-in-one file converter app - looking for opinions! (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 2 weeks ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/opensource@programming.dev
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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.

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[–] specialwall@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For some reason I can't connect to the server where the demonstration is stored so I can't comment on the UI, but I can say that I would be interested in that, as I don't feel comfortable using websites like those. I would 100% use an app like this, especially if it were available as a flatpak.

Do you plan to keep it to image/audio conversions, or do you think the app may eventually support other formats (e.g. document formats)?

[–] popcar2@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Your comment posted 3 times so I'm guessing there's something with your internet haha

I'm still deciding how "serious" the project is going to be, but if all goes well I will definitely add support for other formats. I'm already looking at adding Pandoc for document conversions.