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Show HN: Ez FFmpeg – Video editing in plain English

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ff

Stop Googling ffmpeg commands.

ff convert video.mp4 to gif

That's it. No flags. No manuals. Just plain English.

Install

npm install -g ezff

Requires ffmpeg to be installed on your system.

Interactive Mode

Don't remember the syntax? Just type ff :

$ ff ff — Plain English ffmpeg ? File path: video.mp4 ? What do you want to do ? › Convert format ? Convert to: › GIF ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf fps=15,scale=480:-1:flags=lanczos -loop 0 -y video_output.gif ? Run it ? › Yes Done !

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