Accelerating Video Conversion
I like to compress large video files before storing them to hard disk. In Fedora-29-bash, I currently use the following ffmpeg command for re-encoding; it balances compression with quality:
ffmpeg -i $in_path -b:v 960k -bufsize 9600k -strict -2 $out_path
When executing the above command against a 2gb video file that has a 30 minute runtime, the execution will take about 20 minutes. My hardware is shown at the end of this query. Can this video re-encoding be sped up?
In other words, if I abandon ffmpeg in favor of any other software (e.g. handbrake), will I attain faster re-encoding? Based on my experiences copying files via bash (e.g. the cp or rsync commands) vs using the (nemo) file manager, my intuition is that nothing will beat the bash-ffmpeg performance.
I am submitting this query just to double check my intuition.
My Hardware
os : 64 bit fedora 29
cpu : Intel I5-4440 Processor BX80646I54440
mobo : (64 bit) Gigabyte H97 SATA Express M.2 SSD UEFI DualBIOS
: DDR3 1600 LGA
memory : 32 gb : 2 x [G.Skill F3-1600C10D-16GAO Ares 16GB (2x8GB)
: DDR3-1600Mhz Memory RAM]
psu : corsair cx series 600 watt
hdisk : 1tb internal western digital wd10ezex sata
video card : none - I use mobo's onboard video at 1920x1080.
sound card : none - I use mobo's onboard audio
ffmpeg video-encoding
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I like to compress large video files before storing them to hard disk. In Fedora-29-bash, I currently use the following ffmpeg command for re-encoding; it balances compression with quality:
ffmpeg -i $in_path -b:v 960k -bufsize 9600k -strict -2 $out_path
When executing the above command against a 2gb video file that has a 30 minute runtime, the execution will take about 20 minutes. My hardware is shown at the end of this query. Can this video re-encoding be sped up?
In other words, if I abandon ffmpeg in favor of any other software (e.g. handbrake), will I attain faster re-encoding? Based on my experiences copying files via bash (e.g. the cp or rsync commands) vs using the (nemo) file manager, my intuition is that nothing will beat the bash-ffmpeg performance.
I am submitting this query just to double check my intuition.
My Hardware
os : 64 bit fedora 29
cpu : Intel I5-4440 Processor BX80646I54440
mobo : (64 bit) Gigabyte H97 SATA Express M.2 SSD UEFI DualBIOS
: DDR3 1600 LGA
memory : 32 gb : 2 x [G.Skill F3-1600C10D-16GAO Ares 16GB (2x8GB)
: DDR3-1600Mhz Memory RAM]
psu : corsair cx series 600 watt
hdisk : 1tb internal western digital wd10ezex sata
video card : none - I use mobo's onboard video at 1920x1080.
sound card : none - I use mobo's onboard audio
ffmpeg video-encoding
asked 1 hour ago
user2661923user2661923
179115
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I like to compress large video files before storing them to hard disk. In Fedora-29-bash, I currently use the following ffmpeg command for re-encoding; it balances compression with quality:
ffmpeg -i $in_path -b:v 960k -bufsize 9600k -strict -2 $out_path
When executing the above command against a 2gb video file that has a 30 minute runtime, the execution will take about 20 minutes. My hardware is shown at the end of this query. Can this video re-encoding be sped up?
In other words, if I abandon ffmpeg in favor of any other software (e.g. handbrake), will I attain faster re-encoding? Based on my experiences copying files via bash (e.g. the cp or rsync commands) vs using the (nemo) file manager, my intuition is that nothing will beat the bash-ffmpeg performance.
I am submitting this query just to double check my intuition.
My Hardware
os : 64 bit fedora 29
cpu : Intel I5-4440 Processor BX80646I54440
mobo : (64 bit) Gigabyte H97 SATA Express M.2 SSD UEFI DualBIOS
: DDR3 1600 LGA
memory : 32 gb : 2 x [G.Skill F3-1600C10D-16GAO Ares 16GB (2x8GB)
: DDR3-1600Mhz Memory RAM]
psu : corsair cx series 600 watt
hdisk : 1tb internal western digital wd10ezex sata
video card : none - I use mobo's onboard video at 1920x1080.
sound card : none - I use mobo's onboard audio
ffmpeg video-encoding
asked 1 hour ago
user2661923user2661923
179115
I like to compress large video files before storing them to hard disk. In Fedora-29-bash, I currently use the following ffmpeg command for re-encoding; it balances compression with quality:
ffmpeg -i $in_path -b:v 960k -bufsize 9600k -strict -2 $out_path
When executing the above command against a 2gb video file that has a 30 minute runtime, the execution will take about 20 minutes. My hardware is shown at the end of this query. Can this video re-encoding be sped up?
In other words, if I abandon ffmpeg in favor of any other software (e.g. handbrake), will I attain faster re-encoding? Based on my experiences copying files via bash (e.g. the cp or rsync commands) vs using the (nemo) file manager, my intuition is that nothing will beat the bash-ffmpeg performance.
I am submitting this query just to double check my intuition.
My Hardware
os : 64 bit fedora 29
cpu : Intel I5-4440 Processor BX80646I54440
mobo : (64 bit) Gigabyte H97 SATA Express M.2 SSD UEFI DualBIOS
: DDR3 1600 LGA
memory : 32 gb : 2 x [G.Skill F3-1600C10D-16GAO Ares 16GB (2x8GB)
: DDR3-1600Mhz Memory RAM]
psu : corsair cx series 600 watt
hdisk : 1tb internal western digital wd10ezex sata
video card : none - I use mobo's onboard video at 1920x1080.
sound card : none - I use mobo's onboard audio
ffmpeg video-encoding
ffmpeg video-encoding
asked 1 hour ago
user2661923user2661923
179115
asked 1 hour ago
user2661923user2661923
179115
asked 1 hour ago
user2661923user2661923
179115
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