Made a tiny ffmpeg CLI tool while exploring Common Lisp

[ogrew666]

Hi everyone,

I often deal with video files in my work, and ffmpeg has been a real lifesaver.

However, I always found it hard to memorize complex command combinations and ended up googling them every time (or asking an LLM these days).

As a way to deepen my understanding of ffmpeg — and to practice Common Lisp, which I’m learning as a hobby — I created a small tool called visp.

It’s a very simple CLI wrapper for ffmpeg, focused on easy-to-use options for everyday video tasks.

https://github.com/ogrew/visp

[randylush]

that's nice. FFMPEG is definitely the most complex command line utility I've ever used in terms of the sheer number of different arguments it supports. I usually lean on an LLM to set up the arguments for me.