FFmpeg (opens new window) is the leading media framework that allows you to watch videos in almost any format. This framework is at the very core of many applications (think, for example, of OBS Studio, KODI, VLC, and even some game engines rely on it). Allowing FFmpeg to handle the IPFS protocol enables IPFS usage in many more applications than previously possible.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.ipfs.io/2022-08-01-ipfs-and-ffmpeg/