This is about speeding up my video download process. It runs on an Ubuntu server (no GUI on the Ubuntu machine).
So I have a working solution to do these tasks: 1) Download during a fixed time from a streaming source into a ts file 2) When done process ts file(s) into mp4 while also changing geometry from 1280x720 to 640x320 px. The two commands used are as follows: 1) Download: ffmpeg -hide_banner -user_agent \"Mozilla\" -i <VIDEOURL> -t <CAPTURETIME> -c copy <TSOUTPUTFILE> The CAPTURETIME argument in seconds limits the time span of the video 2) Process geometry and file format: ffmpeg -hide_banner -threads 1 -i <TSINFILE> -vf scale=w=-4:h=$360 -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 32 -c:a copy <MP4OUTFILE> To process the downloaded file takes about 30% of the playing time so for a 60 min download it takes an additional 20 minutes to process. Question: --------- Can I combine these two operations into a single ffmpeg command such that there is no intermediate ts file created and the mp4 is available essentially when the download completes? As it is now I download nightly and then I have to run a batch job in the morning to convert all the successfully downloaded ts videos into mp4, which takes several hours... -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
