#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet

Lex Fridman Podcast by Lex Fridman

May 6, 20264:23:41Technology

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. Thank you for listening...

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