discussionDeveloper ToolssituationalVideoFfmpegMedia EncodingCLI

No simple drag-and-drop tool for lossless WebM to MP4 conversion

Developers working with WebM video files must use command-line FFmpeg to remux to MP4 without re-encoding. The poster built a simple drag-and-drop wrapper and is asking how others handle the same workflow.

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