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minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoNot true. You can: create delete copy move spend an afternoon with windows movie maker think you are creating but forgot to reinstall the sd card upload to youtube without any editing like a boss So many things you can do without ffmpeg
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours agoYouTube and windows movie maker are almost certainly using ffmpeg.
minus-squareCousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoYou really named probably the only video editing software that isn’t using ffmpeg somewhere.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoYouTube uses ffmpeg to convert the video, even if you don’t edit the video.
minus-squaredefrostedLasagna4921@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDoes it still convert if you upload in its formats (AV1 & Opus)?
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah it needs to create the different files for each resolution. But also the bitrate of the original file is probably too high for YouTube’s liking anyway so they re-encode it.
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI guess I should clarify that I’m talking from a video engineering perspective.
Not true. You can:
So many things you can do without ffmpeg
YouTube and windows movie maker are almost certainly using ffmpeg.
You really named probably the only video editing software that isn’t using
ffmpegsomewhere.YouTube uses ffmpeg to convert the video, even if you don’t edit the video.
Does it still convert if you upload in its formats (AV1 & Opus)?
Yeah it needs to create the different files for each resolution. But also the bitrate of the original file is probably too high for YouTube’s liking anyway so they re-encode it.
I guess I should clarify that I’m talking from a video engineering perspective.