This software powers basically every video you watch… and almost nobody knows its name. FFmpeg is the open-source toolkit behind decoding, encoding, trimming, resizing, compressing, streaming — the whole media pipeline. It’s insanely powerful, a little intimidating, and it’s had some real internet drama along the way (remember the Libav fork?). Wild part: it’s still maintained by a small group of contributors. If you like this kind of tech history, follow for more. #ffmpeg #opensource #softwaree