Fabrice Bellard: The Ghost in the Code(zbruceli.org)
5 points by ptidhomme | 0 comments
A long-form blog essay profiling Fabrice Bellard, the reclusive programmer behind widely used software like FFmpeg and QEMU.
#ffmpeg on Hacker News
28 stories tagged ffmpeg, newest first.
FFmpeg 9.0(github.com)
344 points by gyan | 69 comments
The RELEASE_NOTES file in the FFmpeg GitHub repository announcing FFmpeg 9.0 "Lei", released about four months after 8.1.
$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol(tryai.dev)
362 points by hershyb_ | 480 comments
TryAI blog post comparing Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol as autonomous agents directing a music video on a $100 budget with web search and ffmpeg.
FFmpeg 9.1's new AAC encoder(hydrogenaudio.org)
421 points by ledoge | 135 comments
Hydrogenaudio forum thread by user lynne about the new AAC encoder in FFmpeg 9.1.
I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer(twitter.com)
829 points by apitman | 394 comments
A post on X by John Carmack saying he admires Fabrice Bellard, quoting a thread about Bellard's work on FFmpeg, QEMU and other software.
FFmpeg 8.1(ffmpeg.org)
364 points by gyan | 53 comments
The FFmpeg project homepage news entry announcing the release of FFmpeg version 8.1.
What you need to know before touching a video file(gist.github.com)
333 points by qbow883 | 202 comments
A GitHub Gist guide explaining common beginner mistakes and essential concepts for novice video editors and encoders working with video files.
Show HN: Ez FFmpeg – Video editing in plain English(npmjs.com)
390 points by josharsh | 190 comments
npm package page for ezff, a CLI tool that translates plain-English commands into common ffmpeg video and audio operations using regex matching.
FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub(twitter.com)
468 points by merlindru | 155 comments
An X (Twitter) post from the FFmpeg account about issuing a DMCA takedown on GitHub; the post content did not load in the capture.
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Fabrice Bellard: Biography (2009) [pdf](ipaidia.gr)
344 points by lioeters | 120 comments
A PDF biography of programmer Fabrice Bellard by Andy Gocke and Nick Pizzolato, covering his background and influential software contributions.
FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs(thenewstack.io)
1091 points by CrankyBear | 795 comments
The New Stack article on FFmpeg developers publicly urging Google to fund the project or stop sending AI-found bug reports, sparking a debate about open source sustainability.
FFmpeg 8.0(ffmpeg.org)
913 points by gyan | 187 comments
FFmpeg project homepage news entry announcing the release of FFmpeg version 8.0.
FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons(github.com)
396 points by flykespice | 133 comments
GitHub repository from the FFmpeg project containing lessons teaching assembly language programming as used in FFmpeg, with translations.
FFmpeg 8.0 adds Whisper support(code.ffmpeg.org)
954 points by rilawa | 307 comments
FFmpeg commit adding a libavfilter audio filter that runs speech transcription with the Whisper model, including documentation and examples.
FFmpeg devs boast of another 100x leap thanks to handwritten assembly code(tomshardware.com)
341 points by harambae | 96 comments
Tom's Hardware article reporting FFmpeg developers achieving a roughly 100x speedup in a function via handwritten assembly code.
OpenAI charges by the minute, so speed up your audio(george.mand.is)
689 points by georgemandis | 209 comments
A blog post by George Mandis explaining that speeding up audio 2-3x with ffmpeg before sending it to OpenAI transcription cuts cost and time with little quality loss.
FFmpeg merges WebRTC support(git.ffmpeg.org)
826 points by Sean-Der | 186 comments
FFmpeg git commit adding a WHIP muxer to libavformat, enabling WebRTC-based subsecond latency streaming.
Show HN: Typed-FFmpeg 3.0–Typed Interface to FFmpeg and Visual Filter Editor(github.com)
322 points by lucemia51 | 34 comments
GitHub repository for typed-ffmpeg, a Python FFmpeg wrapper with typed filter graph building, plus a visual in-browser playground in v3.0.
FFmpeg School of Assembly Language(github.com)
774 points by davikr | 206 comments
First lesson in FFmpeg's GitHub-hosted course teaching assembly language programming as used in the FFmpeg multimedia project.
Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living(videotoflip.com)
474 points by momciloo | 113 comments
Landing page for VideoToFlip, a service that converts short videos into printed physical flipbooks, priced at $25 with free worldwide shipping.
FFmpeg by Example(ffmpegbyexample.com)
812 points by piyushsthr | 221 comments
FFmpeg By Example is a community documentation site showcasing example ffmpeg commands with copy and try-online options.
Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app(pimosa.app)
489 points by anshrathodfr | 260 comments
Landing page for Pimosa, a paid desktop app bundling 20+ simple tools to edit, convert, compress and enhance video, photo and music files.
Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player(mpv.io)
1017 points by Bluestein | 525 comments
Homepage of mpv, a free, open-source, cross-platform command-line-oriented media player, with links to installation, reference docs, bug reports, and community.
LosslessCut: The Swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing(github.com)
346 points by ingve | 69 comments
GitHub repository for LosslessCut, a GPL-licensed cross-platform app for lossless video and audio cutting and editing built on FFmpeg.
FFmpeg 7.0(ffmpeg.org)
469 points by gyan | 171 comments
The FFmpeg project homepage news entry announcing the release of FFmpeg 7.0, the open-source multimedia framework.
FFmpeg lands CLI multi-threading as its "most complex refactoring" in decades(phoronix.com)
552 points by worble | 161 comments
Phoronix news article reporting that FFmpeg merged multi-threaded CLI transcoding pipelines ahead of FFmpeg 7.0, described as its most complex refactoring in decades.
Ffmprovisr – Making FFmpeg Easier(amiaopensource.github.io)
353 points by nice__two | 86 comments
ffmprovisr is an AMIA open-source reference of FFmpeg command recipes with explanations for common audio and video processing tasks.
Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP(github.com)
625 points by thunderbong | 129 comments
GitHub repository for scrcpy, an open-source tool by Genymobile to display and control Android devices from a computer over USB or TCP/IP.