scottvr/wtffmpeg
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A minimal character terminal (console) REPL UI for controlling ffmpeg via natural language descriptions of input files and the desired outcome, powered by local or remote LLM. Shell-style history with arrow keys support, !subshell support, /slash REPL op commands, run-time, env, and cli configuration.
3 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 1 story, 2 comments · first 2025-07-23 · latest 2025-07-23
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Instead of LLM, Python and whatnot, it could have been a cheatsheet: https://github.com/scottvr/wtffmpeg/blob/12767e7843b9fd481ba...
comment by kimi · 2025-07-23 · in Show HN: WTFfmpeg – Natural Language to FFmpeg Translator -
…your input, sends it to ollama and then system("...") the response after some light processing. https://github.com/scottvr/wtffmpeg/blob/main/wtffmpeg.py#L9... >You are an expert at writing commands for the `ffmpeg` multimedia framework.…
comment by therein · 2025-07-23 · in Show HN: WTFfmpeg – Natural Language to FFmpeg Translator -
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Show HN: WTFfmpeg – Natural Language to FFmpeg Translatorstory by ycombiredd · 2025-07-23 · 68 comments