TIL parts of Rick and Morty S03 were encoded with openh264
Turns out, some scene releases used Cisco’s codec for encoding, which means: ✅ No patent headaches ✅ Cross-platform compatibility ✅ Rick-level efficiency rick and morty s03 openh264
"Morty, buuurp , stop trying to play that file, Morty. It’s locked behind a paywall of licensing fees and corporate bureaucracy. It’s the digital equivalent of a DMV in a black hole, Morty!" TIL parts of Rick and Morty S03 were
With a few frantic keystrokes, Rick initiated a real-time re-encoding process. The garage began to hum. The air grew thick with the smell of ozone and burnt silicon. The garage began to hum
Not a joke — the openh264 codec (maintained by Cisco, no less) showed up in some release groups' encoding pipelines for Season 3.
Rick ripped a screwdriver out of a sentient toaster and jammed it into the side of his terminal. "We’re not paying for a license, Morty. We’re going open source. We’re going . It’s the only way to bypass the Federation’s visual DRM without triggering a thermal detonator in my eyeballs."