In this talk at the FOSDEM conference, the speaker discusses the importance of FFmpeg, an open source multimedia framework, and its lack of representation in the conference. They highlight the wide usage and significance of FFmpeg in the multimedia industry and emphasize the need for better communication and community engagement. The speaker also briefly touches upon the recent releases of FFmpeg, including version 5.0 and 5.1, which introduced significant API changes and improvements. They then introduce the upcoming release of FFmpeg 6.0, which will focus on multi-threading and hardware acceleration. The speaker also demonstrates a project called VLC.js, which allows for hardware-accelerated video playback directly in web browsers using FFmpeg and WebGL.