None of this is surprising to me. FFMpeg is only old in the sense that it's been around for a while, but there's a reason it continues to be viable - it's continuously updated by the community as an open repository. This is also (I believe) one of the reasons Netflix is probably using it. Netflix's main delivery requirements are mostly platform-agnostic: JPEG2000 IMF, OpenEXR, TIFF, DPX. They do require ProRes for certain things, so I'm sure their backend systems have incorporated ways to use ProRes without it being tied to Apple hardware.
On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 11:20 AM Jef Huey <jlhueyc2@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 01:19 PM, John Moore wrote:
I'm thinking after hearing from my Netflix contact that they use FFmpeg and other in house custom apps to make their own kind of prores files. Don't know what it facilitates but I'm sure it makes sense in their workflow.I find it interesting that Netflix would use FFmpeg to create ProRes files. If I understand things, ProRes created by FFmpeg is in violation of Apple's copyright. Why would Netflix risk a battle? Am I wrong about this? I am no lawyer ......
EDIT: Ok, a Saturday dive down google shows that it may not be strictly illegal. But none the less, the lingering issues of potential incompatibility (the point of this thread) still makes me wonder why the behemoth that Netfix is "cheaps" out.
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