video format world is one where you nope out pretty quick once you realize how many moving pieces there are.

ffmpeg seems ridiculously complicated, but infact its amazing the amount of work that happens under the hood when you do

    ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.webm

For all the hate Handbrake gets, it does the job of simplifying video encoding enough for casual users while still allowing for plenty of functionality to be leveraged.

this complication causing people to nope out has made my career. for everyone that decides it is too complicated and is only the realm of experts, my career has been made that much more secure. sadly, i've worked with plenty of video that has clearly been made by someone that should have "noped out"