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One of the best open-source tools out there. I'm a frequent user of Plex, Jellyfin, Tunarr, local music files, etc. I use it weekly to extract subtitles, trim v

One of the best open-source tools out there. I'm a frequent user of Plex, Jellyfin, Tunarr, local music files, etc. I use it weekly to extract subtitles, trim videos, convert music formats, and remove audio tracks. After writing the previous paragraph, I realized I've never donated to the project; it's time to change that.

mihaelm 6mo ago
It's a lower-level component in so much stuff we're not even aware of.
- cybrox 6mo ago
  FFmpeg is a prime single-block-everything-is-built-on xkcd example.
  - comprev 6mo ago
    It's a sibling to curl in that way
    - Carioca 6mo ago
      Big difference for ffmpeg especially (but I imagine for curl too): it's not just one guy in Nebraska. Seems to have a very healthy community of devs involved in it.
      - ldng 6mo ago
        Well, I don't how it is these days, but it hasn't always been describable as "Healthy".
    - 16000198 6mo ago
      I guess you guys have never heard of HarfBuzz, huh?
  - 8cvor6j844qw_d6 6mo ago
    > prime single-block-everything-is-built-on xkcd Sometimes I wonder if we can vanish one single project out of existence instantly, which one would cause the most chaos.
    - al_borland 6mo ago
      It looks like the EU compiled a list of contenders. https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/news/2022-08/FOSSEPS%20-%20Critical%20Software%20Study%20Report%202022.pdf https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/file...
- andrew_lettuce 6mo ago
  Yep. Which is a great architecture IMO. Simple, performant and flexible: choose 3
  - jcelerier 6mo ago
    As a FFMPEG API user (e.g. through libavcodec etc.) I would definitely not say "simple". It's constantly breaking stuff and deprecating features from one version to another, and basically requires reading the source constantly to make sure of what's happening and on which backend / API each function can operate. Just today, when I was trying to implement vulkan video decode in ossia score (https://ossia.io https://ossia.io) : Copy data to or from a hw surface. At least one of dst/src must have an AVHWFramesContext attached. int av_hwframe_transfer_data(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int flags); Well unlike what the very first sentence of the comment block hints towards, it actually is only implemented for host<->device copy, not device<->device for many backends That said, when it works, it's really great

mihaelm 6mo ago

It's a lower-level component in so much stuff we're not even aware of.

cybrox 6mo ago
FFmpeg is a prime single-block-everything-is-built-on xkcd example.
- comprev 6mo ago
  It's a sibling to curl in that way
  - Carioca 6mo ago
    Big difference for ffmpeg especially (but I imagine for curl too): it's not just one guy in Nebraska. Seems to have a very healthy community of devs involved in it.
    - ldng 6mo ago
      Well, I don't how it is these days, but it hasn't always been describable as "Healthy".
  - 16000198 6mo ago
    I guess you guys have never heard of HarfBuzz, huh?
- 8cvor6j844qw_d6 6mo ago
  > prime single-block-everything-is-built-on xkcd Sometimes I wonder if we can vanish one single project out of existence instantly, which one would cause the most chaos.
  - al_borland 6mo ago
    It looks like the EU compiled a list of contenders. https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/news/2022-08/FOSSEPS%20-%20Critical%20Software%20Study%20Report%202022.pdf https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/file...
andrew_lettuce 6mo ago
Yep. Which is a great architecture IMO. Simple, performant and flexible: choose 3
- jcelerier 6mo ago
  As a FFMPEG API user (e.g. through libavcodec etc.) I would definitely not say "simple". It's constantly breaking stuff and deprecating features from one version to another, and basically requires reading the source constantly to make sure of what's happening and on which backend / API each function can operate. Just today, when I was trying to implement vulkan video decode in ossia score (https://ossia.io https://ossia.io) : Copy data to or from a hw surface. At least one of dst/src must have an AVHWFramesContext attached. int av_hwframe_transfer_data(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int flags); Well unlike what the very first sentence of the comment block hints towards, it actually is only implemented for host<->device copy, not device<->device for many backends That said, when it works, it's really great