JoshAtticus

Show HN: Compressor – native Android video compression using Media3

Posted by JoshAtticus on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @06:12AM
from the show-hn dept.

Hey Hacker News!Most video compression apps on Android are slow, ad-heavy, and rely on software-only encoding. I wanted something fast, native, and minimal, so I built my own: Compressor.Compressor is FAST, like really fast, that's one of the main selling points of it. Unlike many apps that rely on software-only ffmpeg-based pipelines, Compressor uses native Media3 transformers for...

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Why does Google force you to use Linux apps in a VM on ChromeOS?

Posted by JoshAtticus on Sunday October 23, 2022 @10:22PM
from the self-post dept.

I don't understand why we need a VM, isn't ChromeOS based on Linux?

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Re:Ask HN: Recent uptick in spam emails and text messages? on Sunday October 23, 2022 @10:17PM (#33312316)

I've been getting a LOT of emails about my Apple ID being logged into an iPhone X from Indonesia, when I don't even have one. I also keep getting texts saying your twitter account was locked when I don't have a twitter account either.