Constellation · 01
Media
ffmpeg, H.264, Opus, PNG/JPEG: pure Rust pipelines
Why this band exists
Every crafted PNG, every booby-trapped MP4, every thumbnail on every phone still routes through decades-old C libraries with the same CVE class year after year. Remade Media rebuilds the codecs and pipelines that carry sound and image without a C toolchain, so that exploit category stops compiling for browsers, streams, and neighborhood nodes alike.
Why now
Media is the silent attack surface of the consumer internet. A Home Computer that opens wedding video, a doorbell that encodes H.264, a mesh peer that thumbs an album: each one used to drag FFmpeg-class C into the trust boundary. Pure-Rust pipelines keep Digital Freedom honest when the file is adversarial.
How it fits
Mind engines need decoders that will not smash the heap. Memory stores thumbnails and blobs the codecs produce. Edge cameras encode on-device with the same stack. Trust audits the crates before you flash a peer. Media is the river every other star drinks from.
Stars in Media
Each crate is open under Remade-With-Rust. Open the repo, then the field note, then compose with the rest of the sky.
ffmpeg · replaces FFmpeg
Full media pipeline in safe Rust
rusty_mp3 · replaces LAME / libmpg123
Top house performer: pure-Rust MP3 encode and decode, bit-exact vs FFmpeg
rusty_h264 · replaces x264
H.264 encode/decode for embedded
rusty_h265 · replaces libde265 / HEVC C stacks
HEVC remade for 4K edge capture
rusty-opus · replaces libopus
Pure-Rust Opus for audio
rusty_flac · replaces libFLAC / FFmpeg FLAC
Library music without a C decoder
rusty_jpeg / rusty_png · replaces libjpeg / libpng
Image stack without C
rusty-av1-toolkit · replaces libaom / dav1d paths
AV1 encode & decode crates
rusty_dds · replaces DirectXTex DDS
DDS textures in Rust
What to build first
- A player or transcoder path on remade_ffmpeg_rs without GPL C on the peer
- Doorbell or camera encode/decode on rusty_h264 / rusty_h265
- Thumbnails and stills through rusty_jpeg / rusty_png before they hit SpaceDB
Field notes in Media
rusty_av2d 0.3.0: A Faster Rust AV2 Decoder
rusty_av2d 0.3.0 is a Rust AV2 decoder, 2.7 to 3.8 times faster than 0.2.13 on two clips, byte-identical to AVM, and not a claim against libavm.
November 9, 2026
rusty_h265 0.7.0: Nine Decoder Veins and a Mixed FFmpeg Result
rusty_h265 0.7.0 cut decoder instructions 26 to 37 percent on three inputs and decodes 1.37x to 1.50x faster than 0.6, while ordinary 8-bit inter still trails FFmpeg.
November 7, 2026
The Rails ImageMagick Flaw Validates remade_ffmpeg_rs
On 4 November 2026 Rails patched an ImageMagick upload flaw scored 9.8. remade_ffmpeg_rs is how the house keeps the FFmpeg C binary off that path.
November 4, 2026
How To Use remade_ffmpeg_rs With Your Next AI Assisted Coding Project
How to use remade_ffmpeg_rs with your next AI assisted coding project: skill folder first, pure-Rust media pipeline second, no C FFmpeg toolchain on the node.
October 24, 2026
How To Use rusty_h264 With Your Next AI Assisted Coding Project
How to use rusty_h264 with your next AI assisted coding project: pin the Remade H.264 crate so the agent stops dragging libx264 into host and embedded builds.
October 24, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for fdk-aac
rusty_aac is the Rust alternative to fdk-aac inside remade_ffmpeg_rs. It decodes the AAC family and encodes AAC-LC with no C library on the hot path.
October 23, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for libvorbis
rusty_vorbis is the Rust alternative to libvorbis inside remade_ffmpeg_rs. Version 0.1.2 decodes in float and leaves the C library off the hot path.
October 23, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for libvpx
rusty_vp9 is the Rust alternative to libvpx for VP9 inside remade_ffmpeg_rs. The decoder matches the official vectors. The encoder still spends more bits.
October 23, 2026
The rest of the constellation
Six technology bands, one sky. Open another star, or return to the full map.
02
Mind
FFAI, Mercury, Carmenta, Diana: AI that stays local
03
Memory
rusty_alloc, SpaceDB: local-first replicas
04
Identity
mID & Sovereign ID: keys you hold
05
Edge
ESP mesh nodes: neighborhood hardware
06
Trust
Deputy: supply chain you can audit