BUZZING· 77%4h 23m·2026-05-06·Technology#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet
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 ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep496-sc See below for timestamps,…
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