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by Hello71 2067 days ago
IMO, the main problem with ffmpeg is that the official documentation is overly intimidating to newcomers. While the command syntax isn't great, it's not terrible either. Probably one of the contributing factors is overcomplicated poorly written internet tutorials copying out-of-date technical memes, like how people complain about tar -zxcvbnwhatever despite tar -xf file covering 99.9% of decompression cases.