Show HN: VidStudio, a browser based video editor that doesn't upload your files
8 by kolx | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN, I built VidStudio, a privacy focused video editor that runs in the browser. I tried to keep it as frictionless as possible, so there are no accounts and no uploads. Everything is persisted on your machine. Some of the features: multi-track timeline, frame accurate seek, MP4 export, audio, video, image, and text tracks, and a WebGL backed canvas where available. It also works on mobile. Under the hood, WebCodecs handles frame decode for timeline playback and scrubbing, which is what makes seeking responsive since decode runs on the hardware decoder when the browser supports it. FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly handles final encode, format conversion, and anything WebCodecs does not cover. Rendering goes through Pixi.js on a WebGL canvas, with a software fallback when WebGL is not available. Projects live in IndexedDB and the heavy work runs in Web Workers so the UI stays responsive during exports. Happy to answer technical questions about the tradeoffs involved in keeping the whole pipeline client-side. Any feedback welcome. Link: https://ift.tt/ApCDW4a
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New top story on Hacker News: Archive of Byte magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975
Archive of Byte magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975
38 by DamnInteresting | 9 comments on Hacker News.
38 by DamnInteresting | 9 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant?
Ask HN: How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant?
8 by modelcroissant | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I’ve spent roughly the last decade and some change as a software engineer, and recently decided to start a solo consultancy. I’m focused on helping SMEs sort out the messy back-office parts of the business: spreadsheet glue, brittle internal workflows, poor reporting, awkward integrations, backend/platform problems, and AI workflows that need to do real work rather than just look good in a demo. I’m not really interested in becoming a generic agency. I’d rather work with businesses that already feel operational pain and need someone technical to help untangle it properly. For those of you who’ve made this jump: * how did you get your first real project? * what kind of outreach actually worked? * did your first few clients come from network, content, cold outreach, partnerships, subcontracting, or somewhere else? Also, if anyone knows SMEs or operators dealing with this sort of mess, I’d be glad to chat. As a gesture of goodwill, I’m offering the first 5 clients 10 hours free to help get an initial project moving. You can find me over at https://crescita.cc
8 by modelcroissant | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I’ve spent roughly the last decade and some change as a software engineer, and recently decided to start a solo consultancy. I’m focused on helping SMEs sort out the messy back-office parts of the business: spreadsheet glue, brittle internal workflows, poor reporting, awkward integrations, backend/platform problems, and AI workflows that need to do real work rather than just look good in a demo. I’m not really interested in becoming a generic agency. I’d rather work with businesses that already feel operational pain and need someone technical to help untangle it properly. For those of you who’ve made this jump: * how did you get your first real project? * what kind of outreach actually worked? * did your first few clients come from network, content, cold outreach, partnerships, subcontracting, or somewhere else? Also, if anyone knows SMEs or operators dealing with this sort of mess, I’d be glad to chat. As a gesture of goodwill, I’m offering the first 5 clients 10 hours free to help get an initial project moving. You can find me over at https://crescita.cc
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