What is the difference between .y4m and Apple ProRes?
- Extension
- .y4m
- .mov
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- MIME Type
- video/x-yuv4mpeg
- video/quicktime
- Sample
- sample.y4m
- Wikipedia
- .mov on Wikipedia
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent installThen ask your agent:
“Convert the Y4M files in my Downloads folder to Apple ProRes”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.y4m -c "convert to prores"Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.y4m -c "convert to prores" on your computer, so your files stay on it.