Interview with FFMPEG enthusiast
Kai Lentit1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2023-2026
572K views · 4 years ago · comedy · evergreen
Kai Lentit's comedy sketch parodying an interview with an FFmpeg enthusiast. It pokes fun at the open source command-line tool experience and video conversion woes.
Shared as obligatory humor in FFmpeg and video tooling threads, praised as a funny take on the open source user experience.
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5 comments from Hacker News
> Oh there's a new version of ffmpeg, I'll just quickly build it from source... no I can't wait I'll download the binary ▶ this video
[EDIT: This was meant to be a reply to another comment in this thread but I posted it under the top-level comment by mistake. I am leaving this comment intact anyway, in case someone finds it useful.] The web browsers don't highlight the feed URL information embedded in the HTML anymore, quite unfortunately. But if you go to a YouTube video, say, < ▶ this video > and then view or inspect the HTML source, you can find the LINK tag for the feed: <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href=" link So the feed URL in this case is: < link >.
Obligatory humor: ▶ this video Note of support: ffmpeg supported many of the transcoding needs of my former employer back in 2007, being a "friendly" tool to the team. Yes it had/s issue. Being open source gave us a lifeline, to be able to fix our own stuff, and build up our video and audio live streaming and video watching white label service.
> Sidenote I was reminded of this comedy video: ▶ this video "Interview with an FFMPEG Enthusiast" As an aside this is one of the funniest videos i've seen in a while, and totally captures the open source ux experience (i say in a loving joking way)
That's correct, it seems the op was making at least an adjacent argument of critique of capitalism and how it affects people's access to information (or technology-as-information, such as "guide on how to get a filmic look when editing video"). I support people undercutting businesses in their marketing post comment sections with Free as in beer or freedom solutions to achieve whatever's being sold. I believe in the ethicality of Free as in Freedom software, for one thing, but also in general information freedom. I feel gross about knowledge hoarding. If you're a fan of capitalism, I think you should agree with me. Capitalist minded people can try to use Free software to extract labor for no cost (jokes on you, we extract your engineer's labor at cost to you when they get frustrated and start making commits at work), and Free software comes with other advantages. Furthermore, if you're investigating solutions to your business need to do filmic solutions, isn't it nice that there are hordes of us weirdos ready to help prevent you from spending money unnecessarily? If you're trying to sell filmic solutions, isn't it nice to be challenged on your business model publicly and specifically rather than scratch your head at poor sales with no idea how to add value? Sidenote I was reminded of this comedy video: ▶ this video "Interview with an FFMPEG Enthusiast"