{"id":868,"date":"2026-05-07T06:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connectword.dpdns.org\/?p=868"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:06:47","slug":"496-ffmpeg-the-incredible-technology-behind-video-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connectword.dpdns.org\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"#496 \u2013 FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jean-Baptiste Kempf is lead developer of VLC and president of VideoLAN. Kieran Kunhya is a longtime FFmpeg contributor, codec engineer, and the person behind the now-infamous FFmpeg account on X.
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EPISODE LINKS:<\/b>
\nFFmpeg on X: https:\/\/x.com\/FFmpeg<\/a>
\nFFmpeg: https:\/\/ffmpeg.org\/<\/a>
\nVideoLAN (VLC): https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/<\/a>
\nVideoLAN on X: https:\/\/x.com\/videolan<\/a>
\nJean-Baptiste\u2019s Website: https:\/\/jbkempf.com\/<\/a>
\nJean-Baptiste\u2019s LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jbkempf\/<\/a>
\nJean-Baptiste\u2019s GitHub: https:\/\/github.com\/jbkempf<\/a>
\nKieran\u2019s X: https:\/\/x.com\/kierank_<\/a>
\nKieran\u2019s LinkedIn: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3OORhmC<\/a>
\nKieran\u2019s GitHub: https:\/\/github.com\/kierank<\/a><\/p>\n

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OUTLINE:<\/b>
\n(00:00) \u2013 Introduction
\n(03:00) \u2013 Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
\n(10:48) \u2013 Weirdest things VLC opens
\n(15:12) \u2013 How video playback works
\n(24:33) \u2013 Video codecs and containers
\n(35:20) \u2013 FFmpeg explained
\n(56:20) \u2013 Linus Torvalds
\n(1:00:59) \u2013 Turning down millions to keep VLC ad-free
\n(1:15:17) \u2013 FFmpeg & Google drama
\n(1:34:31) \u2013 FFmpeg developers
\n(1:41:08) \u2013 VLC and FFmpeg
\n(1:45:42) \u2013 History of FFmpeg
\n(1:48:59) \u2013 Reverse engineering codecs
\n(2:02:14) \u2013 FFmpeg testing
\n(2:06:21) \u2013 Assembly code (handwritten)
\n(2:30:39) \u2013 Rust programming language
\n(2:39:55) \u2013 FFmpeg and Libav fork
\n(2:48:17) \u2013 Open source burnout
\n(2:56:04) \u2013 x264 and internet video
\n(3:09:20) \u2013 Video compression basics
\n(3:16:17) \u2013 CIA and fake VLC
\n(3:26:52) \u2013 Ultra low latency streaming
\n(3:44:20) \u2013 AV2 codec and video patents
\n(3:54:12) \u2013 VLC backdoors
\n(4:04:27) \u2013 Video archiving
\n(4:11:04) \u2013 Future of FFmpeg and VLC<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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