Interesting, but not what I expected, which was something along the lines of...
The project was started by Fabrice Bellard (using the pseudonym "Gérard Lantau") in 2000, and was led by Michael Niedermayer from 2004 until 2015. Some FFmpeg developers were also part of the MPlayer project.
The name of the project is inspired by the MPEG video standards group, together with "FF" for "fast forward". The logo uses a zigzag pattern that shows how MPEG video codecs handle entropy encoding.[0]
And I always thought FF was for fast Fourier transform.[1]
FFT does, but the FFT library fftw ("fastest fourier transform in the west") is no longer the fastest from what I understand.
FFmpeg originally stood for "fast forward" but no longer means anything. They do have this problem where they need to replace older APIs with newer ones - their approach is to give the newer ones names with "2" "3" stuck on the end instead of "fast" "faster" etc.
But there are some problems in there, there's something called "simple IDCT" which I have to admit I never fully understood.
That's awesome! FFmpeg is super powerful. I've been using it for video edits too. It’s amazing how such a simple command can handle complex tasks. Thanks for sharing this tip!
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