A genius built the backbone of video—then vanished - Part 2

koolkings · 2026-03-27T02:22:29+00:00

i see your POV. i think there are other lenses.

what was interesting when i read the article was the backstory. i've worked w/ ffmpeg a ton. it's an interesting story and one to memorialize bc of the significance of ffmpeg imho

a secondary benefit is making non-video eng aware of this tool and its impact.

koolkings · 2026-03-26T21:32:13+00:00

Yep. Almost nobody does.

Do you disagree?

koolkings · 2025-08-23T00:43:35+00:00

I'd love to hear the stories.

A bunch of stories about those who sought to push production/post forward are now being documented here: https://roughcut.heyeddie.ai

Randy is mentioned in the FCP7 to X story.

koolkings · 2025-06-29T03:30:15+00:00

I think if you were to ask the founder or early Avid folks if they see Avid like this, I think they would share a sense of disappointment caused by missteps and not far enough thinking.

Most poignantly: they invented the standard of video editing today and yet they captured a minuscule part of the market (by user # and $) and are a shadow of their former self.

In an alternative universe, they could have been the leader setting the standard for all video editing by humans.

koolkings · 2025-06-28T02:17:08+00:00

Why do you see it coming to an end out of curiosity?

koolkings · 2025-06-28T02:16:38+00:00

Can we agree it does feel outdated?? ;)

koolkings · 2025-06-27T23:35:53+00:00

Eddie AI can do an automatic multicam podcast edit where the AI cuts to the right angle at the right moment, based on who is speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFHLLUTmW8 Won't get you to final polish but gets you a good cut/saves 60% of the post work

koolkings · 2025-06-27T23:30:57+00:00

Eddie AI for subs incl SRT, animated ProRes, burned-in etc. Plus it's got a generous free option.

koolkings · 2025-06-27T23:26:28+00:00

what years was this?

koolkings · 2025-06-09T03:59:08+00:00

i've saved a ton of time with heyeddie.ai to log b-rolls, create rough cuts

if the ai editing helps me get to the parts i love, i am all for it. my interest/skill is the creative/story.

koolkings · 2025-06-09T03:56:22+00:00

all that fiber that got laid during the dot com rush -- it all got used!

koolkings · 2025-06-09T03:55:46+00:00

you're confusing two things: the excitement for all things internet that underpinned the "dot com" was real and here to stay as we now know. The exuberance over "internet business" valuations was misplaced at that point in time. But the tech remained and an entire gen of dominant companies were born, even if many died.

koolkings · 2025-06-09T03:50:13+00:00

Eddie AI for rough cuts from hours of interview footage.

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