{"podcast":{"title":"Lex Fridman Podcast","slug":"lex-fridman-podcast","podcast_index_feed_id":745287,"rss_url":"https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://lexfridman.com/","image_url":"https://lexfridman.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/artwork_3000-230.png","author":"Lex Fridman","episode_count":497,"summary":"Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with people from all walks of life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast"},"episode":{"title":"#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet","slug":"496-ffmpeg-the-incredible-technology-behind-video-on-the-internet","published_at":"2026-05-06T22:06:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/496-ffmpeg-the-incredible-technology-behind-video-on-the-internet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast","url":"https://lexfridman.com/ffmpeg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ffmpeg","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/takeituneasy/ins.blubrry.com/takeituneasy/lex_ai_ffmpeg.mp3","summary":"Jean-Baptiste Kempf is lead developer of VLC and president of VideoLAN. Kieran Kunhya is a longtime FFmpeg contributor, codec engineer, and the person behind the now-infamous FFmpeg account on X. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep496-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/ffmpeg-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA – submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring – join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other – other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact EPISODE LINKS: FFmpeg on X: https://x.com/FFmpeg FFmpeg: https://ffmpeg.org/ VideoLAN (VLC): https://www.videolan.org/ VideoLAN on X: https://x.com/videolan Jean-Baptiste’s Website: https://jbkempf.com/ Jean-Baptiste’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbkempf/ Jean-Baptiste’s GitHub: https://github.com/jbkempf Kieran’s X: https://x.com/kierank_ Kieran’s LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3OORhmC Kieran’s GitHub: https://github.com/kierank SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Larridin: Measure AI adoption in your business. Go to https://larridin.com Blitzy: AI agent for large enterprise codebases. Go to https://blitzy.com/lex BetterHelp: Online therapy and counseling. Go to https://betterhelp.com/lex Fin: AI agent for customer service. Go to https://fin.ai/lex LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex Perplexity: AI-powered answer engine. Go to https://perplexity.ai/ OUTLINE: (00:00) – Introduction (03:00) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections…","meta_description":"Jean-Baptiste Kempf is lead developer of VLC and president of VideoLAN. Kieran Kunhya is a longtime FFmpeg contributor, codec engineer, and the person beh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":15821,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lex-fridman-podcast/episodes/496-ffmpeg-the-incredible-technology-behind-video-on-the-internet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/496-ffmpeg-the-incredible-technology-behind-video-on-the-internet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}