Apr 17, 2024, 15:58 by mich...@niedermayer.cc: > Hi all > > The pace of inovation in FFmpeg has been slowing down. > Most work is concentarted nowadays on code refactoring, and adding > support for new codecs and formats. > > Should we > * make a list of longer term goals > * vote on them > * and then together work towards implementing them > ? > > (The idea here is to increase the success of larger efforts > than adding codecs and refactoring code) > It would then also not be possible for individuals to object > to a previously agreed goal. > And it would add ideas for which we can try to get funding/grants for > > (larger scale changes need consensus first that we as a whole want > them before we would be able to ask for funding/grants for them) > > Some ideas and why they would help FFmpeg: > > * Switch to a plugin architecture > (Increase the number of developers willing to contribute and reduce > friction as the team and community grows) >
Just no. > * ffchat > (expand into realtime chat / zoom) this would > bring in more users and developers, and we basically have almost > Better leave that for others. There's an infinite amount of discord clones already. > all parts for it already but some people where against it > * client side / in browser support > (expand towards webapps, webpages using ffmpeg client side in the browser) > bring in more users and developers, and it will be costly for us > if we let others take this area as its important and significant > Maybe. Some WASM-based converter would be helpful. Though it may put us on fire, as we'd be distributing binaries of our code which may cause issues with "rights holders". > * AI / neural network filters and codecs > The future seems to be AI based. Future Filters and Codecs will use > neural networks. FFmpeg can be at the forefront, developing these > These take enormous amounts of compute power to train, vast amounts of good high-quality data, and at the end, you'd have something as lasting as wet paper, because a competitor is literally weeks away, and they beat us with inferior methods by simply having vastly more compute than we do. > * [your idea here] > We keep doing what we're doing. It's what we're good at. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
