"Rewinding implies the existence of a linear editing solution. We need frame-accurate splicing of the church pageant video to remove Pastor Jeff's coughing fit during my piano solo."
The Whiteboard and the Video Wizard
"I eventually learned that most people prefer buttons. But that week, I successfully edited the church video. Pastor Jeff’s cough was removed. My piano solo was flawless. And my father, for the first time, watched a football game without a single commercial break. He never asked how it worked. Which, in retrospect, was the highest compliment an engineer can receive. FFmpeg remains, to this day, the most reliable tool I’ve ever used. Unlike my family." young sheldon s06e09 ffmpeg
"In a perfect world, every video problem would be solved by a single, 20MB static binary. No bloat. No GUI. Just ffmpeg -i and the truth." "Rewinding implies the existence of a linear editing
"Just rewind the tape, freak."
He sighs happily.