• WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml
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    Lol, apparently it is hard. You were supposed to enter

    convert 001.jpg example.pdf

    And

    ffmpeg -i rock.mp4 rock.avi

    By putting the “and” in the commands you just caused an error lol

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      By putting the “and” in the commands you just caused an error lol

      I didn’t put the “and” in the commands, I copied and pasted them from the comment above, but thank you for illustrating my point so very well.

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        I didn’t put the “and” in the commands, I copied and pasted them from the comment above

        Yes you did, but you copy pasted two different commands connected with “and”.

        The word “and” isn’t meant to be typed into the cli. They’re stringing together two different lines.

        but thank you for illustrating my point so very well.

        If your point was that it’s easy to copy and paste I’m confused how I helped.

        It is easy to copy and paste though. People generally format the commands like I did instead of in the middle of a sentence like OP did where you can make parsing mistakes.

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          My point is that if I had followed the instructions it wouldn’t have worked. Which is what always happens.

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            Right, but I just pointed out to you why it wouldn’t work and how to fix it.

            So if you had followed my instructions they would have worked.

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              Would it? I’m not wasting anymore time to figure it out. Is there no point at which I’m allowed to give up? Am I forced to continue trying forever and ever because you want me to?

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                Oh sorry. You’re right, you’re allowed to give up.

                I have 100% confidence that you personally had negative experiences in the past trying to get stuff like this working. Like I fully believe you.

                I’ve just done this before you know? I know what these tools are and how easy they are! I use ffmpeg.

                Im also 100% sure that, if you had put that aside the attitude that it would be a time waste and you had just given it an honest try, me or a bunch of different people on this thread would have easily helped you get it working by now.

                Maybe it’d take a couple comments back and forth, but weve already expensed that effort arguing. And I know for a fact it would’ve taken less effort than we’ve spent so far.

                It’s okay for you to give up, but you gotta realize how it feels for us to hear you complain, for us to know with certainty we can help you, and not feel a little frustrated when you refuse the help while continuing to complain.

                Everytime you keep popping up in the thread complaining about this non existent problem it just hurts cause it’s so easily solvable.

                But you’re right, no matter how easy this is I can’t force you to try. So, cheers!