FFglitch, FFmpeg fork for glitch arch
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·September 12, 2025tentacleuno
This page doesn't explain what FFglitch does, or how it's different to ffmpeg. For instance, what's Glitch? I'm guessing it's an architecture, but the post doesn't explain what it is or contextualize the term "architecture."
bawolff
From what i understand "glitch art" is using compression artifacts and encoding errors as art.
Presumably ffglitch is ffmpeg with code to fudge the file checksums so that encoding errors are allowed to accumulate instead of triggering an error.
fishgoesblub
The clearly labeled "What?" button at the top of the page explains everything.
hiccuphippo
The what button doesn't explain much.
As far as I know, "glitching" is opening a jpeg file with a text editor then deleting random ranges of characters, saving it again and then letting image viewers try to open the file, resulting in artifacts being added to the image.
This project seems to do the same for video files, but generating a valid video at the end.
mmcclure
Not a lot of info on the page about the process, etc, but this is also called "datamoshing." If you're curious, there's a great talk from Demuxed '21 on some of the details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtia43DGSrY
bawolff
You know, i was all ready to be dismissive of this, using encoder errors for art sounds silly.
But i watched the video and it really was cool and artistic.
Glitch art, not glitch arch. The main page https://ffglitch.org/ is a slightly better introduction to the project.