[qingcharles]

One of the best uses of LLMs is to help find the right command line options for tools like ffmpeg.

[alfg]

Prior to LLMs, I made an ffmpeg command line builder. It definitely doesn't cover everything, but handles simple common tasks quite well.

https://ffmpeg-commander.com

[axus]

It won't always give you a perfect answer the first time, but it's much better than memorizing the manual or interpreting a forum discussion. Haven't used it for ffmpeg, but lots of other command lines.

[sysworld]

I find it helps if you paste in the the ffmpeg manual and get the ai to use that as source. Helps it stick to real params.

[andrew_lettuce]

Because ffmpeg is built on the Unix chained utility philosophy I find ai is also good at building scripts the use it as well

[bigstrat2003]

I would far rather look at the manual or a forum discussion, because then I know I'm getting something real. With LLMs, odds are decent that I'm getting something which doesn't actually exist, but it sure would be nice if it did.

[dylan604]

I've had someone post a problematic ffmpeg command into a prompt to ask why it wasn't working. It didn't work so well. By the time that someone rejiggered their prompt, I had found the issue.