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FFmpeg dealing with a security researcher

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104 points trollied | 1 comments | 01 Nov 25 20:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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cebert ◴[01 Nov 25 21:41 UTC] No.45785659[source]▶
It looks like the FFmpeg account on X is calling out Google for using AI to mass-report CVEs in obscure volunteer maintained codecs, then expecting unpaid maintainers to rush fixes. Large, profitable firms rely on FFmpeg everywhere, but don’t seem to be contributing much to the project.
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TZubiri ◴[01 Nov 25 23:00 UTC] No.45786257[source]▶
You think google uses ffmpeg for youtube?
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1. Telaneo ◴[02 Nov 25 01:02 UTC] No.45786999[source]▶
They did once upon a time atleast.[1] Most videos probably go through dedicated hardware nowadays, but it wouldn't surprise me if some videos still have to go the FFmpeg route that catches all the videos that the dedicated hardware can't handle.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20110315155125/https://multimedi...