# And now for something completely different: multimedia

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-multimedia/97477
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**Created:** [April 14, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-multimedia/97477 "2023-04-14T14:01:24Z")
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### Author: ![skypuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@skypuppy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/skypuppy)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-multimedia/97477/1 "2023-04-14T14:01:25Z")

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It struck me that is might be fun to write some julia programs (system?) for multimedia support. Has this already been done but I could not find any references/links to it?  
I’m thinking of building libraries of movies, music, downloads, and such. Strip my CD’s, DVD’s, and Blu-Ray’s, transcode them, shrink them (lossless!), and be able to play them on the (networked) TV/audio systems at will. Kinda like maybe what PLEX or Jellyfish were supposed to be. 🙂  
Yeah, Julia is designed for scientific computing. I get that and I do that. However, with the power of this beast, I’d at least like to try using Julia for fun stuff, too! Is that heretical???  
Thanks.