[FFmpeg-user] Best CPU for ffmpeg

[Henk D. Schoneveld]

On 30 Jan 2014, at 11:28, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:

> Henk D. Schoneveld <belcampo <at> zonnet.nl> writes:
> 
>> a 1000 frames test gives 340 - 360 % CPU usage
> 
> (Is that really enough?)
I don’t know what you’re asking here.
> 
>> while a threads 1 gives 130% CPU usage. Threads 1 
>> doesn’t really mimic a 1 Core CPU, the encoding is 
>> at 1 Core but decoding and scaling, as in my short 
>> test, is done on another core.
> 
> What was your command line?
ffmpeg -y -i UntamedBritain.mp4 -t 40 -an -c:v libx264 -crf 22 -threads 1 -g 50 -s 880x720 ~/Desktop/1.mp4
Source is interlaced dvb-s 1080i. Although I didn’t use a deinterlace filter it shows as proper progressive.
I just tested 4 instances of the same command and get 4 x 14fps = 56fps with ~ 392% CPU usage 
> 
>> What the relevant question is/should/could be depends. 
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> Encode the:
> 
> This is actually mostly about decoding, I suspect 
> encoding scales much better.
> 
>> fastest single file
> 
> This is not a useful question.
> (It may be for some people but I suggest we all 
> code instead of testing that -threads 3 is faster 
> than -threads 2 is faster than -threads 1 - yes, 
> it has an upper limit that probably depends on the 
> file.)
?
> 
>> most frames from multiple files
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Carl Eugen
> 
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