I built a friendlier FFmpeg with 36 verbs and a TUI (and it's one line to install)
Mediax: FFmpeg's Cooler Cousin 🚀 FFmpeg is powerful, but the syntax? A nightmare. So I built Mediax. 36 intuitive verbs. Interactive TUI. One-line install. Convert, compress, trim, crop, rotate, add watermarks... all with simple commands. bash mediax convert input.mov output.mp4 mediax compress large.mp4 small.mp4 --quality medium mediax trim video.mp4 clip.mp4 --start 00:01:30 --duration 10 Just run mediax for the interactive terminal interface. One-line install curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robert-sarah/mediax/main/install.sh | sh Built with Go Single binary — no dependencies Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux Open source (MIT) 36 verbs for everything Conversion: convert, compress, gif Audio: extract-audio, mute, volume, replace-audio Video: trim, crop, resize, rotate, flip, concat, split Effects: speed, reverse, blur, sharpen, fade-in, fade-out Advanced: watermark, subtitle, thumbnail, template, batch Examples Resize for Instagram mediax template video.mp4 insta_video.mp4 --platform instagram Extract audio from 1:30 to 1:40 mediax extract-audio video.mp4 clip.mp3 --start 00:01:30 --duration 10 Detect video issues mediax wtf video.mp4 Why I built it I was tired of copying FFmpeg commands from Stack Overflow and breaking files because I forgot a flag. Mediax makes FFmpeg accessible for beginners and faster for pros. Try it today Repo: github.com/robert-sarah/mediax Contributions welcome! 🙏