Nobody uses Vorbis.
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -preset fast output.mkv FFmpeg. First commit: 2000. Creator: Fabrice Bellard. Purpose: to save the world from video format hell. industry s01e01 ffmpeg
In 2017, the MPEG-LA came for FFmpeg. Patent licensing for H.264. Distributing binaries with codecs became legally dangerous. Nobody uses Vorbis
MP3 is patent-encumbered. We use Vorbis. industry s01e01 ffmpeg
We get 200 bug reports a day. Most of them are “ffmpeg is broken” – and 90% are user errors. The other 10% are hardware quirks no one has ever seen before.
Most people think video editing is dragging and dropping. But under the hood, it’s war. Codecs. Containers. Keyframes. PTS vs DTS.