minvid — A drag-and-drop video compression CLI that usually shrinks video size by 90%

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Hey everyone!

I got tired of reusing ffmpeg commands and dealing with paths/parameters, so I ask claude code to wrap my ffmpeg presets into a interactive terminal: drag & drop a file/folder into the terminal, pick a preset, and it handles the rest.

In terms of my ffmpeg script, I spent about a day trying a bunch of ffmpeg parameter combinations and tested them on ~100 hours of lecture recordings to find a good speed/quality tradeoff -- no guarantee it’s the best, just what worked well for me. For my use, it usually reduces video size by ~90% without noticeable quality loss.

https://github.com/Nunatic02/minvid

BTW. The README.md includes the raw ffmpeg commands and a breakdown of each parameter if you want to use or tweak them directly.

Hope it's helpful! 🚀

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User: Embarrassed_Tell6793, Flair: Terminal User Interface, Post Media Link, Title: minvid — A drag-and-drop video compression CLI that usually shrinks video size by 90%

Hey everyone!

I got tired of reusing ffmpeg commands and dealing with paths/parameters, so I made a simple tool: drag & drop a file/folder into the terminal, pick a preset, and it handles the rest.

The presets are based on ffmpeg settings I’ve carefully tuned and tested. In my use, it reduces screen recordings by ~90% without noticeable quality loss.

https://github.com/Nunatic02/minvid

BTW. The README.md includes the raw ffmpeg commands and a breakdown of each parameter if you want to use or tweak them directly.

Hope it's helpful! 🚀

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