• Raltoid@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Different use cases.

    It’s not like your uploading and downloading gigabytes to it to use ffmpeg. For that you use something local. This is for converting smaller files conveniently. For example from a laptop and you don’t want to use a public converter that might keep the content.

    If you regularly convert certain file types on a computer, dedicated programs tend to be better than these combo ones anyway.

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        3 months ago

        In addition to the other post…

        You already have a setup and throwing one more docker on isn’t a big deal. especially if you have watchtower already setup as well… then it even updates itself.

        I use tools like this all the time… PDF for example stirling-pdf makes doing something things a LOT easier than firing up a “proper” pdf editor. This tool would likely be the same concept for other workflows.

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            3 months ago

            As do I… had a coworker message me about using adobe to merge/split pdfs… rather than walking them through the adobe workflow, just linked them right to the url… It’s so easy to use that I didn’t have to say anything more. they got it in seconds that would have taken me minutes of back and forth to explain to them.

            It’s great. Simple tools for simple purpose.