the point is, there is no way i would have been able to figure out the command line myself. it still trips up every now and then (at which point im often screwed), but i can atleast finally use the tool.
DO use ChatGPT to help you to write ffmpeg commands, but at least has some basic understanding of how ffmpeg works -- especially the fact that it works like a pipeline so the order of the options absolutely matters.
And ChatGPT often throw lots of unnecessary options (sometimes even do harm), so do actually investigate what each switch is supposed to do (ChatGPT can help with that too) if you're going to use the generated command for something semi-serious.
If possible, try to keep the switches as few as possible and avoid exotic flags. But do pay attention to pixel format and colorspace options to make your video as compatible as possible. It's very easy to mess things up for doing even seemingly simple tasks (like converting static images to slideshow etc.)
Had to try and fix a bug with that script and it took me hours just to get some understanding of it.
Makes me wonder if video processing is just that complicated, or if someone could make some sort of simpler tool for this
But if you're documenting it right then you'll still need a paragraph explaining what every checkbox does...