On Sun, 26 Nov 2023 15:33:29 +1300, I wrote:
Seems there is another numbered-version release of FFmpeg <https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/24/ffmpeg_6_1/>.
This reader comment <https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/11/24/ffmpeg_6_1/#c_4765142> I found interesting: I can confirm that Netflix uses ffmpeg for pretty much everything, and has done since the beginning. They're quite proud of it, and regularly contribute to both ffmpeg and the underlying codecs (like SVT-AV1). Youtube uses ffmpeg for everything but live-streaming. (Maybe even that, now.) Amazon used Microsoft Expression Encoder way back in the day, but I'm pretty sure they use a custom solution developed around ffmpeg now... though Mainconcept AWS systems are offered, so maybe they use that in-house too. No idea what other newer streaming companies use anymore. All social media companies use something based around ffmpeg at the core. (FB, IG, Twitch, Tiktok, etc) They're way too cheap to pay the kind of licensing costs of a broadcast commercial suite, even a giant like Meta. I remember some years ago reading a post on the x264 (open-source H.264 encoder used in FFmpeg) developer blog, to the effect that companies buy “official” encoder products from big-name companies like Adobe and Apple (!) purely for the patent licences, not because the quality of their encoding is worth using. They then use open-source tools for the actual revenue-earning work.