FFMPEG— 1. Is it possible none of the FFMPEG experts on this email list properly know what MCPs do and what the state of the art of user-driven LLMs is (especially in an AI expert partnered with a SME)?
2. Is it possible no work opportunities exist in this vast industry within this team? It seems unwise. I replied twice. Figured I’d reply at the top and give y’all another opportunity at a polite hello. Who with a decade of SME expert in FFMPEG does not reply to emails like this, or delegate that to their intern for their intern to have a learning opportunity? Warm regards, Bernat #assemble 🇺🇸 David Bernat, Ph. D. Property of Starlight LLC. On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM Michael Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: > What should happen by 2033? > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 18:07 David Bernat via Libav-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey esteem captains of FFMPEG, >> >> It is that awful topic every AI wanker (me) wings on about (AI coding). I >> am a former chief scientist at AI companies, and have tried reaching out >> through many channels over the last two years for mentors to better >> understand exactly how FFMPEG wants to take itself into 2033 and beyond. I >> am a non-power user audiophile with a background in physics and signal >> processing. >> >> So, I just downloaded OpenCode this week to explore vibe-coding, and >> ordered a V100 for $900 to set up an offline on-prem server. I spent a few >> hundred hours in 2022 and 2023 building my own FFMPEG wrappers for Python >> to produce various podcasts and videos for a YouTube channel. I am probably >> your typical non-power user who wants to go that next level. >> >> An FFMPEG MCP is a unique challenge. Data processing is time consuming, >> so any MCP would need to be equipped with extra protections of "explaining >> AI" to walk through each and every filter suggested, and "sample AI" to run >> these filters on small test clips to confirm each compiles (or video >> inspection matches expectation) to run in a typical closed loop creation. >> >> That is the part that really excites me about joining any project. The >> intricate systems of interacting filters is, of course, a defining asset of >> FFMPEG and a critical headache for new users. And for power developers on >> the FFMPEG team, this kind of critical un-black-box-ify is precisely what >> in my experience is powerful to preserve. To learn this over the upcoming >> year is to open the door to users (and me) learning to be power developers >> nearer to you on the FFMPEG team. It also templates for a large swatch of >> other types of code that need MCPs. >> >> I hope that you will take me under your wing with whatever working group >> you know exists. >> If this is better suited for a different email discussion list then my >> apologies, and if any of you have received emails from me before asking for >> contract opportunities you can reach out too. >> >> It would be *wonderful* to achieve sophisticated designs on par with >> TikTok using fast, easy, and efficient LLM interactions with FFMPEG, for >> the entire broader developer community. It would unbox FFMPEG for being the >> drivers of these platforms themselves, and I am almost certain there are >> cognate kids and developers to you all that would love to build that suite >> over an upcoming year for their portfolios, job applications, own startups, >> and more, starting here. >> >> Warm regards, >> Bernat >> >> David Bernat, Ph. D. >> Property of Starlight LLC. >> > _______________________________________________ >> Libav-user mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >
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