Yeah, the etymology suggested by the top-level comment is completely wrong. Wikipedia says > The name of the project is inspired by the MPEG video standards gr

Yeah, the etymology suggested by the top-level comment is completely wrong. Wikipedia says > The name of the project is inspired by the MPEG video standards group, together with "FF" for "fast forward" Corresponding source (Fabrice Bellard himself): https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2006-February/010315.html https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2006-February/0103...