S07e04 Libvpx | Young Sheldon

(Without looking up) I’m transcoding, Mother. And before you ask, no, it’s not a sin. It’s mathematics.

(Slams hands on table) The encoding failed at 98.4%! I have to restart the entire two-pass variable bitrate curve from scratch! That’s six hours of my life I’m never getting back! young sheldon s07e04 libvpx

I used VP3 in the 90s before it was acquired by On2 Technologies. It was clunky, but it had soul. The issue isn’t the codec. It’s the entropy. You’re encoding in real-time on a machine that belongs in a museum. (Without looking up) I’m transcoding, Mother

GEORGE SR. is watching football. Sheldon enters, holding the laptop, which is now smoking slightly. (Slams hands on table) The encoding failed at 98

Sheldon hugs Dr. Sturgis. The family stares.

(Deadpan) That’s the battle cry of the technologically illiterate. That’s like telling a heart surgeon to “just tap the chest twice.”

Well, I guess I’ll pray for your computer instead of your soul tonight.