Hi! I’m looking for an open-source, preferably FOSS video transcoding web interface.

I would like the transcoding to be done on the server side, be secured by a password if possible (so people don’t 100% the server), and I want no data sharing. Most important feature: must allow web uploads. I don’t want to automate transcoding, or transcode files that are in the server: I want clients to be able to upload their media and get it transcoded.

The transcoding aspect is important: not just a change in container / file extension, but a real transcoding (changing video codec). Being able to change the bitrate is a plus.

I’ve been looking at many projects and most are sadly either too simple for my needs (only container change, no real ability to choose the codec, or unchangeable bitrate), or focused on files that are already on the server.

(something like a ffmpeg web UI that runs on the server would be great)

Thanks :)

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.caEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    I feel sick saying it, but I think this is a project you could complete with AI. It sucks ass at understanding complex problems, but it’s good at cranking out small scripts to integrate tools together.

    You basically just want a wrapper around ffmpeg with a light web interface to handle upload, script execution, and download.

    LLMs are pretty good at spitting out a simple web interface that runs in a barebones server like Express or nginx.

    If you don’t need to worry about security or accessibility or any “not on the critical path” concerns, this could probably work after a few iterations.

    As for anything already out there - I’ve never come across anything. The closest app I can think of is TDARR which is intended to automatically transcode your media library to h265. That wraps up some of the ffmpeg stuff you want, but doesn’t address the upload/download half of the workflow.

    • MajesticElevator@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      Yea, I’ve used it a fair bit before, and it’s pretty good at doing UI, the one thing that I dislike haha

      My process is pretty much pointing out and fixing the small mistakes the model does. A lot of people hate AI but it’s honestly a game changer.