[jokoon]

I wish he talked about avidemux.

It's a simple tool which is great for many things, it has filters and there are most of the formats. I think it uses ffmpeg under the hood.

It's an old tool but it's fine for most things, when ffmpeg is to fastidious to use. ffmpeg is still what I use, but some more complex tasks are just more comfortable with avidemux.

[dylan604]

Some of the simple tools might not be using ffmpeg per se, but using the libav or similar libraries. ffmpeg is just a tool built to utilize the functionality of multiple libraries like this.

[astrange]

ffmpeg and libavcodec are the same project.

[dylan604]

yes. but do you have to include the ffmpeg part to include just the other libraries?

[astrange]

No, ffmpeg itself is a pretty small wrapper around them. But the rest are true libraries and not frameworks, so you have to make all kinds of playback decisions yourself. A/V sync is hard.

[globnomulous]

> to fastidious

Do you mean "too fussy?"

[dylan604]

using a sledge to drive a finishing nail? yes, it's still a hammer and it's still a nail, but still the wrong tool for the job