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MacConvert

Posted by @jimmy102 on Sep 11 at 10:47 AM


i'm doing a (free) media format conversion program (just a hobby, wont be big and professional like GNU) for macOS. It's not total vibe coding but I didn't realize how awesome AI could make stuff before it was better (in my opinion) then anything i've ever tried before. now i'm being semi-disciplined with it.

  • Converts video, pictures, audio to/from any format
  • ffmpeg backend (currently it has the fat proprietary codec included ffmpeg build which isnt open source compatible but literally supports everything)
  • really slick looking interface that adheres to apple design philosophy
  • has cool ✅, ❌and 🔄
  • simple coherent and useful interface that doesnt have all the nonsense and overly complicated options programs like this typically have.
  • no cumbersom file dialog boxes, drag and drop and in-place output

I just made the github repo public and haven't got around to including release builds or a trendy looking README.md yet

https://github.com/jsarasin/MacConvert

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  2. @jimmy102 jimmy102 #22

    was the black in-place of the transparent background on this image intentional?

    1. @christopher chris #29 in reply to #22

      Kind of. It's the style of the media container. It didn't change the image itself. It's like that because I was troubleshooting issues with layout.