Source: /cirosantilli/ffmpeg-is-the-backend-of-youtube

= FFmpeg is the backend of YouTube
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FFmpeg is likely the backend of <YouTube> through <reverse engineering>: https://streaminglearningcenter.com/blogs/youtube-uses-ffmpeg-for-encoding.html (https://web.archive.org/web/20190519135210/https://streaminglearningcenter.com/blogs/youtube-uses-ffmpeg-for-encoding.html[archive])

On <Quora>: https://www.quora.com/What-does-YouTube-use-for-encoding-video/answer/Ciro-Santilli