All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020) • Hacker News Board

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by mwint » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:40 AM UTC

heavyset_go wrote: post #4

I came across a set-top box that I suspected used ffmpeg for transcoding, because I recognized some artifacts I saw when I used ffmpeg's defaults for some settings. Looked through their copyright notices and it turns out they were using ffmpeg. It's really everywhere.

Completely idle curiosity: What kind of artifacts? I don’t spend much time on AV stuff, but I always find the details fascinating.

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by UI_at_80x24 » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:40 AM UTC

marcodiego wrote: post #3

FLOSS made internet video possible.

>FLOSS made the internet possible.

FTFA! In all seriousness though; there isn't an aspect of computing that hasn't been improved by F(L)OSS. (What's the L stand for?)

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by jspaetzel » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:41 AM UTC

Really great example of the long-term impact of opensource.

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by weikju » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:42 AM UTC

UI_at_80x24 wrote: post #12

marcodiego wrote: post #3

FLOSS made internet video possible.

>FLOSS made the internet possible. FTFA! In all seriousness though; there isn't an aspect of computing that hasn't been improved by F(L)OSS. (What's the L stand for?)

Libre. Usually used to denote that we mean freedom not zero-cost when saying “free”

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by sorenjan » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:45 AM UTC

Considering how ubiquitous it is, it's a mystery how and why there's so little documentation about how to use the library versions libavcodec and libavformat.

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by TacticalCoder » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 3:11 AM UTC

stavros wrote: post #5

brian-armstrong wrote: post #2

The creator of ffmpeg, Fabrice Bellard, has an impressively long list of projects. Very talented developer! https://bellard.org/

Some speculate that Fabrice Bellard is actually as many as ten different people.

Not many do for Linus Torvalds though!

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by rockwotj » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 3:14 AM UTC

sorenjan wrote: post #15

Considering how ubiquitous it is, it's a mystery how and why there's so little documentation about how to use the library versions libavcodec and libavformat.

I think you're supposed to read the header files? I have no idea how people write ffmpeg stuff. The only good tutorial I've seen is: https://github.com/leandromoreira/ffmpeg-libav-tutorial

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by Krasnol » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 3:14 AM UTC

The only question I have about this is: why did he need a "reminder" to donate...

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by lil_dispaches » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 3:15 AM UTC

I am not surprised at all. What else could you possibly use in place of Ffmpeg?

Re: All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

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Post by Proven » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 3:16 AM UTC

weikju wrote: post #14

UI_at_80x24 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>FLOSS made the internet possible. FTFA! In all seriousness though; there isn't an aspect of computing that hasn't been improved by F(L)OSS. (What's the L stand for?)

Libre. Usually used to denote that we mean freedom not zero-cost when saying “free”

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