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Improving performance of rav1d video decoder

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305 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 22 May 25 11:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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renewiltord ◴[22 May 25 15:11 UTC] No.44062877[source]▶
Oh this stuff is what’s prompting the ffmpeg Twitter account to make a stand against Rust https://x.com/ffmpeg/status/1924137645988356437?s=46
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mmastrac ◴[22 May 25 15:23 UTC] No.44062997[source]▶
Reading the ffmpeg twitter account is enough to turn me off using ffmpeg. It's a shame there's no real alternative -- the devs seem very toxic.

I mean sure, max performance is great if you control every part of your pipeline, but if you're accepting untrusted data from users-at-large ffmpeg has at least a half-dozen remotely exploitable CVEs a year. Better make sure your sandbox is tight.

https://ffmpeg.org/security.html

I feel like there's a middle ground where everyone works towards a secure and fast solution, rather than whatever position they've staked out here.

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saagarjha ◴[23 May 25 08:44 UTC] No.44071088[source]▶
Yeah, it used to be funny the first few times, then they fell into the trap of having a Twitter "personality" and now it's just annoying
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1. renewiltord ◴[23 May 25 18:54 UTC] No.44075442[source]▶
This is so true. They got a following and like many who suddenly get some sort of niche fame, they reoriented to serve the audience and it hasn't improved anything. The greatest damage that popularity does to many is that they lose themselves in the desire to hold on to it.