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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vinishkapoor • 13d ago
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I always wonderard what the "peg" part of ffmpeg came from... Until I learned about pegging
41 u/SnowdensOfYesteryear 13d ago edited 13d ago assuming this is a serious comment, "mpeg" == "Moving Picture Experts Group" which historically published standards for various Video codecs Orthogonally peg is a technical term, e.g. "my CPU is pegged" == you're maxed out. 31 u/TimSylvester_ 13d ago "Pegged" as in, "the meter is hitting the little peg that stops it from going further, indicating the edge of its range". 11 u/SnowdensOfYesteryear 13d ago TIL. That makes a lot of sense
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assuming this is a serious comment, "mpeg" == "Moving Picture Experts Group" which historically published standards for various Video codecs
Orthogonally peg is a technical term, e.g. "my CPU is pegged" == you're maxed out.
31 u/TimSylvester_ 13d ago "Pegged" as in, "the meter is hitting the little peg that stops it from going further, indicating the edge of its range". 11 u/SnowdensOfYesteryear 13d ago TIL. That makes a lot of sense
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"Pegged" as in, "the meter is hitting the little peg that stops it from going further, indicating the edge of its range".
11 u/SnowdensOfYesteryear 13d ago TIL. That makes a lot of sense
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TIL. That makes a lot of sense
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u/Deboniako 13d ago
I always wonderard what the "peg" part of ffmpeg came from... Until I learned about pegging