• Alphane Moon@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Is FFV1 even used for anything? First time I am hearing about this codec and I have some experience in this area.

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      4 days ago

      From a comment on the article

      I love compression, I love ffmpeg and I love more performance, but… FFV1 is ffmpegs own, old lossless compression format for archival purposes. It is not particularly bad, but it is also not particularly good or modern.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 days ago

      Yeah, it’s used quite widely for archival purposes. It’s the only open-source lossless codec available for HBR HD+ video afaik. Digital archives, Library of Congress, Movie Studios, production companies…etc.