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FFmpeg 6.1 released

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Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

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Post by clouddrover »

gspetr wrote: post #10
clouddrover wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are hundreds more projects like it. Projects like GIMP, ImageMagick, Apache, curl, GCC, LLVM, Firefox, Thunderbird, KDE, Linux, the BSDs, etc., etc. There are many massively useful things available as free and open source software.

>Firefox Definitely not. It certainly no longer belongs in "the original vision of the internet" category. Not when it wants to be a part of evil forces seeking to police the internet. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplat... https://www.eutimes.net/2021/01/thousands-are-uninstalling-f... https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-mo...

But Firefox protects you from advertising networks the best. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

Sounds like "the original vision of the internet" to me.

Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

#12

Post by gspetr »

clouddrover wrote: post #11
gspetr wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Firefox Definitely not. It certainly no longer belongs in "the original vision of the internet" category. Not when it wants to be a part of evil forces seeking to police the internet. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplat... https://www.eutimes.net/2021/01/thousands-are-uninstalling-f... https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-mo...

But Firefox protects you from advertising networks the best. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... Sounds like "the original vision of the internet" to me.

I initially did not want to bring this up, but Firefox literally changed my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to Google after I updated it yesterday.

No opt-in, no user input, no warning, no nothing. Just shoved Google down the user's throat.

Do you know where Mozilla gets its money from?

Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

#13

Post by clouddrover »

gspetr wrote: post #12
clouddrover wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But Firefox protects you from advertising networks the best. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... Sounds like "the original vision of the internet" to me.

I initially did not want to bring this up, but Firefox literally changed my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to Google after I updated it yesterday. No opt-in, no user input, no warning, no nothing. Just shoved Google down the user's throat. Do you know where Mozilla gets its money from?

I update Firefox all the time and it doesn't change my default search engine. Now what?

Are you using Mozilla's Firefox builds or a Linux distribution's builds of Firefox?

Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

#14

Post by not_your_vase »

bagol wrote: post #5
invertigo wrote: post #4

What a fantastic project. It’s FOSS like this that makes the world go round. If only the original vision of the internet had been fulfilled, we’d have hundreds more projects like it.

What is the original vision of the internet?

Porn. Porn everywhere. And cat videos. But mostly porn.

Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

#16

Post by guillermin »

gspetr wrote: post #12
clouddrover wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But Firefox protects you from advertising networks the best. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... Sounds like "the original vision of the internet" to me.

I initially did not want to bring this up, but Firefox literally changed my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to Google after I updated it yesterday. No opt-in, no user input, no warning, no nothing. Just shoved Google down the user's throat. Do you know where Mozilla gets its money from?

I don't think that was due to Mozilla pushing Google. I have Firefox configured with DuckDuckGo on all my devices and this has never happened to me on an update.

Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

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Post by gspetr »

clouddrover wrote: post #13
gspetr wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I initially did not want to bring this up, but Firefox literally changed my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to Google after I updated it yesterday. No opt-in, no user input, no warning, no nothing. Just shoved Google down the user's throat. Do you know where Mozilla gets its money from?

I update Firefox all the time and it doesn't change my default search engine. Now what? Are you using Mozilla's Firefox builds or a Linux distribution's builds of Firefox?

Win10 119.0.1 (64-bit)

Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

#18

Post by msla »

bagol wrote: post #5
invertigo wrote: post #4

What a fantastic project. It’s FOSS like this that makes the world go round. If only the original vision of the internet had been fulfilled, we’d have hundreds more projects like it.

What is the original vision of the internet?

A government project to allow researchers to access distant mainframes.

Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

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Post by yrro »

bagol wrote: post #5
invertigo wrote: post #4

What a fantastic project. It’s FOSS like this that makes the world go round. If only the original vision of the internet had been fulfilled, we’d have hundreds more projects like it.

What is the original vision of the internet?

That any two consenting parties may communicate directly with one another.

Re: FFmpeg 6.1 released

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Post by NiloCK »

ffmpeg is absolutely wonderful, but some combination of its originating era, long history, and compatibility commitments (how many convoluted production ffmpeg scripts exist out in nature?) have made its CLI pretty rough.

This is maybe "known" to the current audience, but chatGPT is an excellent soundboard for crafting ffmpeg scripts to do pretty much anything - makes the tool about 10 times as accessible to me.

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