On 9/12/22, Cecil Westerhof via ffmpeg-user <ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org> wrote: > Paul B Mahol <one...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 9/12/22, Cecil Westerhof via ffmpeg-user <ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org> >> wrote: >>> For a certain conversion I use '-threads 1'. As I understand it ffmpeg >>> should then only use one CPU. I see that the CPU usage is lower as >>> without this parameter, but it goes up to 180%. So clearly it is using >>> at least two CPU's. >>> Or am I understanding this parameter wrongly? >>> >>> I am using ffmpeg version 4.3.4-0+deb11u1. (Debian always lags a >>> little bit behind to be more stable.) >>> >> >> threads can be used for input decoding, output encoding and filtering. >> >> You need to use threads = 1 for all 3 of them. > > I see: > -filter_threads > -filter_complex_threads > > But nothing for input decoding and output decoding. > > > By the way: does this mean that ffmpeg can always use 4 CPU's? > (input, output, filtering and complex filtering)
No, ffmpeg may use sometimes only 1 or sometimes all available CPUs. That depends on many factors. -threads is both input and output option. > > -- > Cecil Westerhof > Senior Software Engineer > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof > _______________________________________________ > 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". > _______________________________________________ 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".