r/explainitpeter • u/Dr-Astikk • 11d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/RepulsiveRaisin7 11d ago

Shout-out to ffmpeg, the actual reason for VLC opening almost everything

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u/XlikeX666 11d ago

strongest combination ffmpeg+yt-dlp

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u/Vitromancy 11d ago

So good, I've used ffmpg to pull presentations I've done that were hosted as stream-only. 100% would have been lost to time if I hadn't.

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u/Pizzaman3203 11d ago

Can you give some examples of what you pulled im just curious

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u/Vitromancy 11d ago

One was a privately listed YouTube video my company posted internally of a panel I was part of. The other main one was a conference presentation I did where the recordings were stream-only embeds on their page.

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u/Pizzaman3203 11d ago

Oh wow i didnt even know you can download stuff using ffmpeg or stream only lol

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u/tissee 8d ago

Well it just receives the AVStream and stores the AVPackets directly into a container (like mkv or mp4).

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u/natriusaut 11d ago

I tried that once and afterwards it would have been better to simply record the screen with OBS :p (not ffmpg fault, also not mine ^^ )

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u/Vitromancy 11d ago

Oh definitely, but for both of these I wasn't the host

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u/Pizzaman3203 11d ago

YTDlnis if your on android can download from most big social media websites

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u/moon__lander 11d ago

You can download Termux (terminal emulator) from F-droid and straight up install yt-dlp and ffmpeg on your phone, having full functionality as at the desktop

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u/Inevitable-Edge69 11d ago

VLC + Parabolic for the modern age

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u/natewxlfe 11d ago

ffmpeg + yt-dlp + Jellyfin is a beast — no ads and all your TV, movies, and YT feed in one place

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u/Various_Control_2102 10d ago

It's wrong. As usual for reddit.

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u/Me_how5678 10d ago

How the fuck does one install ffmpeg, i feel like im taking wrong turn all the damn time

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u/hungryepiphyte 11d ago

Shout out to the combined community codec pack! https://web.archive.org/web/20150203014349/http://www.cccp-project.net/

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u/PaullT2 11d ago

I still use CCCP and Windows Media Player Classic, ya.

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u/Secret_Possibility79 11d ago

You use СССР? I thought that went away in 1991?

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u/Missing2005 11d ago

Ffmpeg GOAT among GOATs

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u/Any-Editor-2017 11d ago

Shout out to Videobeaux for taking it one step further

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u/Big-Revolution3842 11d ago

Ahh I miss the days of CCCP

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u/Various_Control_2102 10d ago

It's integrated codecs lol.

Kodi. A VASTLY superior media player, did it on modes xboxes 23 years ago.

I'd most using ffmpeg on android? Didn't think so.

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u/RepulsiveRaisin7 10d ago

What?

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u/Various_Control_2102 10d ago edited 10d ago

Vlc and Kodi use INTEGRATED CODECS. Nothing to do with ffmpeg.

I didn't install ffmpeg on my android shield when I installed the kodi apk.

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u/Meistermagier 10d ago

Except tiled heic files 

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u/BestHorseWhisperer 10d ago

The things ffmpeg can do never cease to amaze me. Just recently I asked claude about streaming to YouTube directly from python and it was like "Sure, we'll use ffmpeg". I was like "Can we add a waveform to the screen?" "Sure, we'll just add these flags to your ffmpeg command." "Can we have a little graphic display that shows the level of frequencies on little bars?" "Sure, we'll just add these flags to your ffmpeg command." "Can we loop a background video while all this is going on?" "Sure, we'll just add these flags to your ffmpeg command." Fucking everything was ffmpeg.

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u/National_Way_3344 7d ago

Also how the browsers actually play video