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Re:FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs by naasking on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @09:24AM (#45900572)
> On the other hand as an ffmpeg user do you care? Are you okay not being told a tool you're using has a vulnerability in it because the devs don't have time to fix it?

Yes, because publicly disclosing the vulnerability means someone will have enough information to exploit it. Without public disclosure, the chance of that is much lower.

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Re:FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs by xign on Friday November 14, 2025 @05:34PM (#45932976)
Public disclosures also means users will know about it and distros can turn off said codec downstream. It's not that hard lol. Information is always better. You may also get third-party contributors who will then be motivated to fix the issue. If no one signs up to do so, maybe this codec should just be permanently shelved.

Note that ffmpeg doesn't want to remove the codec because their goal is to play every format known to man, but that's their goal. No one forces them to keep all codecs working.

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