Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-21 Thread Rodney Baker
On Friday, 14 December 2018 3:21:40 ACDT James E. Baird wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to find the most efficient way to take a udp stream (Source OTA) > and transcode video to h.264, audio to AAC, output as 3 aligned cbr > (1500/3500/6000k) streams (udp), gop 2 (60 for 30FPS or 120 for 60FPS) >

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-18 Thread Reindl Harald
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Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-18 Thread Jim Shupert
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Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread Carl Zwanzig
If you haven't already, I'd try pulling the up-to-date source and building that. AMD and intel CPUs differ, sometimes in strange ways, and a local-built version is often better than any downloaded one. Also, have you tried capturing the stream directly into a file and using that for test? Th

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread James E. Baird
>It's actually ABR you're creating, if I understand correctly. Not yet as I am actually outputting 3 multicast streams, each with a set bitrate(1500/3500/6000). They will be captured on the other side of the network and then muxed together to create the ABR stream (a design that, as of yet, can

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread Moritz Barsnick
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 20:49:56 +, James E. Baird wrote: > It does need to be a CBR. It will be converted to an adaptive stream for a > streaming app It's actually ABR you're creating, if I understand correctly. > I felt that I should get more horsepower as well and that is the main > reaso

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread James E. Baird
Moritz, >Does it need to be fixed bitrate? (Just wondering.) It does need to be a CBR. It will be converted to an adaptive stream for a streaming app >Is this ultimately the issue? That you can't encode at real time? These are live streams that need to be forwarded off, packaged in HLS and sen

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread Moritz Barsnick
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 18:33:02 +, James E. Baird wrote: > I spun up a new server running Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS and installed > FFMPEG version 7.3.4.4 which is the current supported version for > Bionic Beaver. Though I think that't not the issue, you should grab a much newer version. You can ge

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread James E. Baird
Carl, Thanks for the suggestions so far. I suspect there is something in that command that is causing the high CPU usage. Maybe there is a better way to structure the command. I spun up a new server running Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS and installed FFMPEG version 7.3.4.4 which is the current supported v

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread Carl Zwanzig
On 12/13/2018 9:12 AM, James E. Baird wrote: ffprobe version git-2017-01-22-f1214ad Copyright (c) 2007-2017 the FFmpeg developers First thing- get a newer version (the latest, if possible) of ffmpeg and see how that behaves. Best would to build from the latest source, but at least something

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread James E. Baird
Carl, Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS running on ESXI 6.0 host. Seeing the similar results with an Intel Xeon server. "Are they all pegged in compute or is there a lot else going on? (and what does the VM management system say?)" - All 8 cores get pegged. This is the only work being applied on the server a

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread Carl Zwanzig
On 12/13/2018 8:51 AM, James E. Baird wrote: Here is the command I am currently using but the CPU usage seems way to high for what I am doing. AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6282 SE with 8 cores assigned to VM but all 8 are pegged when running this. Are they all pegged in compute or is there a lot

[FFmpeg-user] Need assistance finding l transcoding

2018-12-13 Thread James E. Baird
Hello, I am trying to find the most efficient way to take a udp stream (Source OTA) and transcode video to h.264, audio to AAC, output as 3 aligned cbr (1500/3500/6000k) streams (udp), gop 2 (60 for 30FPS or 120 for 60FPS) Here is the command I am currently using but the CPU usage seems way to