As the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2000, the world held its breath, bracing for the impending doom of the Y2K bug. The feared widespread computer failures and disruptions never materialized, and the bug's impact was ultimately minimal. However, a similar issue was brewing in the world of FFmpeg, a popular, open-source multimedia processing tool.
The FFmpeg community quickly responded to the bug report, and a patch was released to address the issue. The fix involved changing the date parsing function to use a 4-digit year representation, ensuring accurate date handling beyond 2038.
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "FILTER_CHAIN_HERE" -c:a copy output_y2k.mp4
Let’s take a clean modern video ( input.mp4 ) and drag it back to the dial-up era.
If you want that "paused VHS" look where the lines hold still: ilpack=d (This packs interlaced data.)