[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] 5 year plan & Inovation

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le 17 avril 2024 21:58:32 GMT+08:00, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> a écrit :
>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.

OSS projects of age similar to FFmpeg are either mature (like FFmpeg), or more or less dead. Besides, FFmpeg is an established brand, which means that it's expected to be good at what it's been doing... and not expected to be good at anything else.

Of course there are also specific aspects: back then, every company made up its own codecs. Nowadays, there's at most three tracks (for video): H.26x, Chinese AVSx and AV-x, while AVC or HEVC have become "good enough" for most applications.

If (generic) you want to work on radical innovation, I think you will be better served by creating a new project. Both the FFmpeg project structure and brand would probably do you a disservice otherwise.