Frederico, forget any requests for mentorship, and now we elevate to requiring a job to work with FFMPEG. It'll be a different world in five years. We have reached out numerous times over many years in many places. Warm regards.
Your opinions en masse about "AI" were "remedial" and rude and so is your read of the email proper. It appears clear FFMPEG is FFMPEG and nothing more. Warm regards. Thank you for the last thirty years. David Bernat, Ph. D. Property of Starlight LLC. On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM Frederico Delaere via Libav-user < [email protected]> wrote: > You've asked for a mentorship but it seems more like you're asking for a > job. > > You could've taken the past year you've spent pursuing avlib devs, to > understand the avlibs yourself, their internals, aswell as the ffmpeg CLI. > > Dozens of avlib integrators have done so in their free or non-free > software products... why can't you? > > Reading this thread feels like watching someone attempt to create their > own job opening at someone else's company, then proceed to demand > mentorship and guidance to do the job they just created... > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 17:27 David Bernat via Libav-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. 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