Ez FFmpeg
Video editing in plain English
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I built a CLI tool that lets you do common video/audio operations without remembering ffmpeg syntax.Instead of: ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "fps=15,scale=480:-1:flags=lanczos" -loop 0 output.gifYou write: ff convert video.mp4 to gifMore examples: ff compress video.mp4 to 10mb ff trim video.mp4 from 0:30 to 1:00 ff extract audio from video.mp4 ff resize video.mp4 to 720p ff speed up video.mp4 by 2x ff reverse video.mp4There are similar tools that use LLMs (wtffmpeg, llmpeg, ai-ffmpeg-cli), but they require API keys, cost money, and have latency.Ez FFmpeg is different: - No AI – just regex pattern matching - Instant – no API calls - Free – no tokens - Offline – works without internetIt handles ~20 common operations that cover 90% of what developers actually do with ffmpeg. For edge cases, you still need ffmpeg directly.Interactive mode (just type ff) shows media files in your current folder with typeahead search.npm install -g ezff
HN · launched Dec 27, 2025 · 420 upvotes (top 2%) · 0 views
Niche: video production and processing tools · 243 launches, 40 in the last 7 days ▲ +60% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Agent / copilot
- Prosumer
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes Ez FFmpeg is a Node.js/CLI wrapper that maps simple natural language intent strings and interactive prompts to pre-defined FFmpeg flags and commands.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: LLMs (Warp, Codex, Gemini, Claude) for generating ffmpeg commands, lorem.video for video generation, PowerShell for argument structuring
Concerns raised: Wrapper introduces performance overhead vs. direct ffmpeg, Users don't know if operation is lossless or lossy, English ambiguity in command specifications (e.g., trim meaning), Leaky abstractions requiring understanding of implementation
Feature requests: Simple thumbnail insertion/extraction from containers, Goal/workflow-oriented UX instead of tool-oriented, Better handling of codec licensing (H265, VP9, AV1)
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 591 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #11 of 592 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 56 days after the earliest competitor.
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- JSM Video · ph · 2026-10-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- FFmpeg.wasm In-Browser Video Conversion · hn · 2025-11-01 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Convkit · hn · 2026-10-07 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Convert Video to GIF · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- MediaShift · ph · 2026-10-26 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- FFmpeg WebCLI · hn · 2026-06-04 · 86 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- A browser-based video editor that renders videos directly with FFmpeg · hn · 2026-07-26 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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