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Update on FFmpeg, VLC, related libraries and Kyber

K.4.601 | Day 1 | 12:20 - 12:40 | Speakers: Jean Baptiste Kempf

Update on FFmpeg, VLC, related libraries and Kyber
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Abstract

In this talk, I will pass in review about what happened in the VideoLAN and FFmpeg communities about VLC, FFmpeg, x264, dav1d, dav2d, checkasm, libplacebo and libspatialaudio.

And a bit of Kyber :)

All in one short talk :)

Speakers

Jean Baptiste Kempf

Jean-Baptiste Kempf is the creator of the VideoLAN non-profit and a key figure behind VLC media player. Heavily involved in the past 20 years in the open source ecosystems, he is the maintainer of dozens of open source projects, has founded multiple startups in the multimedia and gaming space, advised VCs and numerous startups and has led large engineering teams at scale.

Since close to 20 years, he has been a key contributor to numerous open source projects, such as FFmpeg, x264, dav1d, VLC and a few others, which are powering most of the video streaming services. Active proponent of the open source ecosystem, he has also been the president of the VideoLAN foundation, since its foundation in 2008.

He is also the creator and leader of Kyber, a new open technology start-up made to control machines, drones and robots in real time.

JB is also member of the European Open Source Academy.

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